backwater
回水
常用释义
英音[ ˈbækwɔːtə(r) ]
美音[ ˈbækwɔːtər ]
基本释义
- n. 回水；死水；停滞不进的状态或地方
- adj. 死水般的；倒退的，落后的
例句
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1·The state's high schools remain an educational backwater where dropout rates are rising.该州的高中仍旧是教育封闭落后之所，辍学率在上升。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Here's our backwater at last, where we're going to lunch.我们终于到水河汊了，我们要在这儿吃午饭。
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3·I came up this backwater to try and get a moment's peace, and then stumble upon you fellows!我来到这水河汊，想要得到片刻的安宁，却偶遇了你们这些家伙！
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4·Some were playing water-polo in the backwater.有些人在回水河汊玩水球。
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5·Today the backwater has turned into Niagara Falls.在今天，那过去的一潭死水已蜕变为尼亚加拉瀑布。
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6·Stop the struggle, the rivers will become a backwater.停止奋斗的脚步，江河就会沦为一潭死水。
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7·They look down upon those who live in intellectual backwater.他们瞧不起智力处于停滞状态的人。
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8·It was a thorny backwater similarly ruled by a warrior code.这里曾是被尚武精神统治的穷山恶水之地。
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9·We have been located in a backwater part of the galactic rim.我们位于银河系边缘的偏远山区。
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10·Because commercial pattern is pendent, all jobs backwater not before.由于商业模式悬而未决，所有的工作都停滞不前。
同义词
n.
[机]回水；死水；停滞不进的状态或地方