backwaters
n.
死水( backwater的名词复数 );
滞水;
闭塞的地方;
不受外界事件或新思想影响的地方;
例句:
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This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington.
这个机构将沦落为华盛顿闭塞落后之地。
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It came from the backwaters of the Mississippi Delta.
它产生于密西西比河三角洲一带.
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The bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos.
小河和死水是蚊子滋生的地方.
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Market towns have become provincial backwaters.
来自BBC
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Secluded backwaters are ideal duck domain, and one tree-dwelling foreigner is multiplying fast here - the exotic mandarin duck.
来自BBC
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But the phenomenon has emerged from the backwaters in recent years, primarily as a tool for science.
来自SA