late 14c., "water behind a dam," from back (adj.) + water (n.1). Hence flat water without a current near a flowing river, as in a mill race (1820); figurative use of this for any flat, dull place is from 1899.
双语例句
1. Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
魁北克直到20世纪60年代还是一片死气沉沉。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
英国有变成在世界上没有真正影响力的政治死水之虞。
来自柯林斯例句
3. It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
说北爱尔兰是现代欧洲死气沉沉的落后地区已是陈词滥调了。
来自柯林斯例句
4. I find this town too much of a backwater.
我觉得这个城镇太闭塞.
来自辞典例句
5. Life in a backwater of Southern Russia have began to grow weary for the Moscoweducated couple.
