backwater

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back·wa·ter /ˈbækwɔːtə $ -wɒːtər, -wɑː-/ noun [countable]  1  FARa very quiet place not influenced by outside events or new ideas – used to show disapproval 与世隔绝的地方，闭塞的地方〔含贬义〕 a rural backwater 一个闭塞的乡村地区2. DNa part of a river away from the main part, where the water does not move 〔河流的〕回水，死水，滞水

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backwater• Instead of being a backwater, they may in fact be an avant-garde.• Surely this was nothing but a backwater to civilization?• Overnight the bond market was transformed from a backwater into a casino.• The urban street and the rural village are both, in their different ways, educational backwaters.• It has been a forgotten backwater.• Once an obscure backwater of the publishing business, computer books have gone mainstream.• It is entirely possible that our backwater of a planet is literally the only one that has ever borne life.• a sleepy backwater town

back·wa·ter nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus quiet outside events or place influenced a very not by

backwater
back‧wa‧ter /ˈbækwɔːtə $ -wɒːtər, -wɑː-/ noun [countable]
1. a very quiet place not influenced by outside events or new ideas – used to show disapproval:
    a rural backwater
2. a part of a river away from the main part, where the water does not move

back·waterBrE /ˈbækwɔːtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbækwɔːtər/ 🔊 nouna part of a river away from the main part, where the water only moves slowly （河流的）滞水，壅水，回水(often disapproving) a place that is away from the places where most things happen, and is therefore not affected by events, progress, new ideas, etc. 与世隔绝的地区；落后地区◆a sleepy/quiet/rural backwater 沉寂的／宁静的／乡下的落后地区