backwater

US [ˈbækˌwɔtər]
UK [ˈbækˌwɔːtə(r)]
  • n.回水；与世隔绝的地区；落后地区
  • v.倒划；〈美口〉放弃原来的立场；食言
  • Web死水；回水处；回水河汊
Plural Form：backwaters  

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Backwater
n.
1.
（河流的）滞水，壅水，回水a part of a river away from the main part, where the water only moves slowly
2.
与世隔绝的地区；落后地区a place that is away from the places where most things happen, and is therefore not affected by events, progress, new ideas, etc.
a sleepy/quiet/rural backwater
沉寂的╱宁静的╱乡下的落后地区

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AllAll,回水回水,与世隔绝的地区与世隔绝的地区,落后地区落后地区,倒划倒划,〈美口〉放弃原来的立场〈美口〉放弃原来的立场,食言食言,死水死水,回水处回水处,回水河汊回水河汊
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1.
The race is now on to pull Iraq out of the scientific backwater it has become through two decades of war, UN sanctions and dictatorship.
如今，让伊拉克脱离科学停滞状态的竞赛已经开始，持续二十年的战争、联合国的制裁和独裁造成了这种停滞。
rú jīn , ràng yī lā kè tuō lí kē xué tíng zhì zhuàng tài de jìng sài yǐ jīng kāi shǐ , chí xù èr shí nián de zhàn zhēng 、 lián hé guó de zhì cái hé dú cái zào chéng le zhè zhǒng tíng zhì 。
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2.
Less than an hour away from the chaotic heart of New Orleans lays a primordial backwater morass known as the Honey Island Swamp.
从新奥尔良的混乱的中心不到一个小时的路程有一个原始的被称为蜂蜜岛沼泽的“回水泥沼”。
cóng xīn ào ěr liáng de hùn luàn de zhōng xīn bù dào yī gè xiǎo shí de lù chéng yǒu yī gè yuán shǐ de bèi chēng wéi fēng mì dǎo zhǎo zé de " huí shuǐ ní zhǎo " 。
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3.
It was quite a shock for some Russians in a rural backwater of the Urals recently to see lorry-loads of Chinese troops go by.
对乌拉尔的乡村地区的一些俄罗斯人来说，最近看到一车车中国军队路过是相当令人震惊的。
duì wū lā ěr de xiāng cūn dì qū de yì xiē é luó sī rén lái shuō , zuì jìn kàn dào yī chē chē zhōng guó jūn duì lù guò shì xiāng dāng lìng rén zhèn jīng de 。
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4.
Passing the more feverish parts of the City toward the most perfect backwater in London, he ruminated.
穿过商业区那些比较尘嚣的部分向伦敦最僻静的街道走来时，他不禁感慨系之。
chuān guò shāng yè qū nà xiē bǐ jiào chén xiāo de bù fen xiàng lún dūn zuì pì jìng de jiē dào zǒu lái shí , tā bù jīn gǎn kǎi xì zhī 。
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5.
With a slight movement of his head Rat, who had long dropped the rudder-lines, directed the rower to take the backwater.
河鼠早就放下了舵，这时，他把头轻轻一扬，示意鼹鼠向回水湾划去。
hé shǔ zǎo jiù fàng xià le duò , zhè shí , tā bǎ tóu qīng qīng yī yáng , shì yì yǎn shǔ xiàng huí shuǐ wān huà qù 。
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6.
Yet this pleasant port-city today feels something of a backwater, cut off by mountains and winding roads from the rest of Kyushu.
然而受高山和蜿蜒的道路所阻，这个舒适的港口城市今天陷入停滞的状态。
rán ér shòu gāo shān hé wān yán de dào lù suǒ zǔ , zhè ge shū shì de gǎng kǒu chéng shì jīn tiān xiàn rù tíng zhì de zhuàng tài 。
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7.
A century ago, you were but a minor port on the Yangtze, a backwater of south-central China with a slightly different name, Chungking.
一个世纪以前，你只是扬子江上的一个小河港，一个中国中南部的闭塞之地，有一个略显不同的名字，重庆。
yī gè shì jì yǐ qián , nǐ zhǐ shì yáng zǐ jiāng shàng de yī gè xiǎo hé gǎng , yī gè zhōng guó zhōng nán bù de bì sè zhī dì , yǒu yī gè lüè xiǎn bù tóng de míng zì , chóng qìng 。
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8.
Built on wooden pilings sunk in the ooze of a backwater lagoon, Venice rose over a millennium to become a city-state of dazzling power.
建立在立于死水礁湖软泥区的木桩结构之上，威尼斯在千年后崛起成为一个拥有耀眼权力的城邦。
jiàn lì zài lì yú sǐ shuǐ jiāo hú ruǎn ní qū de mù zhuāng jié gòu zhī shàng , wēi ní sī zài qiān nián hòu jué qǐ chéng wéi yī gè yōng yǒu yào yǎn quán lì de chéng bāng 。
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9.
Its backwater, due to bridge constrictions , is different from that of alluvial channels.
建桥后，由于桥位断面压缩而导致的壅水与一般冲积河流不同。
jiàn qiáo hòu , yóu yú qiáo wèi duàn miàn yā suō ér dǎo zhì de yōng shuǐ yǔ yì bān chōng jī hé liú bù tóng 。
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10.
The backwater inlet passes through a second valve and directly communicates with the concentrated water outlet of the pressure container.
水箱的回水口经第二阀门与压力容器的浓水出口直接相通；
shuǐ xiāng de huí shuǐ kǒu jīng dì èr fá mén yǔ yā lì róng qì de nóng shuǐ chū kǒu zhí jiē xiāng tōng ;
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