| 单词 | backwater |
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| 释义 | Related topics: Natureback·wa·ter /ˈbækwɔːtə $ -wɒːtər, -wɑː-/ noun [countable] 1 FARa very quiet place not influenced by outside events or new ideas – used to show disapproval 与世隔绝的地方，闭塞的地方〔含贬义〕 a rural backwater 一个闭塞的乡村地区2. DNa part of a river away from the main part, where the water does not move 〔河流的〕回水，死水，滞水Examples from the Corpusbackwater• Instead of being a backwater, they may in fact be an avant-garde.• Surely this was nothing but a backwater to civilization?• Overnight the bond market was transformed from a backwater into a casino.• The urban street and the rural village are both, in their different ways, educational backwaters.• It has been a forgotten backwater.• Once an obscure backwater of the publishing business, computer books have gone mainstream.• It is entirely possible that our backwater of a planet is literally the only one that has ever borne life.• a sleepy backwater townback·wa·ter nounChineseSyllable Corpus quiet outside events or place influenced a very not by |
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