backwater
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈbæk.wɔː.tər]
- 美式音标 [ˈbækˌwɔtɚ, -ˌwɑtɚ]
- 国际音标 ['bæk,wɔ:tə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 廻水；死水；停滯不進的狀態或地方
英汉例句
- Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
魁北尅直到20世紀60年代還是一片死氣沉沉。 - It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
說北愛爾蘭是現代歐洲死氣沉沉的落後地區已是陳詞濫調了。 - I find this town too much of a backwater.
我覺得這個城鎮太閉塞. - Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
英國有變成在世界上沒有真正影響力的政治死水之虞。 - It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in the modern Europe.
說北愛爾蘭是現代歐洲死氣沉沉的落後地區已是陳詞濫調了。
词组短语
- backwater function 壅水函數
- backwater surface 廻水麪
- backwater area 廻水區;廻水麪積
- backwater trip 搭乘椰林遊河
- Backwater Gulch 死水峽穀;後水峽穀
短語
英英字典
- a part of a river where the water does not flow
- A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions.
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专业释义
- 廻水
- 廻水
- 死水
- 頂水