單詞
backwater
英 ['b?kw??t?]
美['b?kw?t?]
基本信息
- n. 回水；死水；停滯不進(jìn)的狀態(tài)或地方
TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?backwaters;
英文詞源
- backwater (n.)
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
- 魁北克直到20世紀(jì)60年代還是一片死氣沉沉。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
- 英國(guó)有變成在世界上沒(méi)有真正影響力的政治死水之虞。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
- 說(shuō)北愛(ài)爾蘭是現(xiàn)代歐洲死氣沉沉的落后地區(qū)已是陳詞濫調(diào)了。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. I find this town too much of a backwater.
- 我覺(jué)得這個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)太閉塞.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Life in a backwater of Southern Russia have began to grow weary for the Moscoweducated couple.
- 死氣沉沉的俄國(guó)南部生活一定使這對(duì)在莫斯科受過(guò)高等教育的夫婦感到厭煩.
來(lái)自辭典例句
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