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backwater

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n.死水,停滞不进的状态或地方

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backwater


n (usu sing 通常作单数)
1 part of a river not reached by the current, where the water does not flow 死水.
2 (fig 比喻) place that remains unaffected by events, progress, new ideas, etc 不受外界的变化、进步、新观念等影响的地方; 闭塞地区
*I find this town too much of a backwater. 我觉得这个城镇太闭塞.

backwater


n[C]
a very quiet place not influenced by outside events or new ideas - used to show disapproval
 a rural backwater
a part of a river away from the main part, where the water does not move
1. There aren´t any good shops in this village;it´s just a backwater.
    这个村庄没什么好店铺,简直是穷乡僻壤.

2. Sometimes we go upstream to a favourite backwater,
    有时,我们溯流而上来到我们喜爱的回水河汊举办;

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