backwater [ˈbækˌwɔtɚ, -ˌwɑtɚ]

例句:

• So Flagstaff was no backwater of showy food.
  来自WSJ
• 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。
  
• 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。
  
• 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。
  
• People like Stogursey because it's a rural backwater.
  来自THETIMES
• It was a thorny backwater similarly ruled by a warrior code.
  来自WSJ