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.
雙語例句
1. Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
魁北克直到20世紀60年代還是一片死氣沉沉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
來自柯林斯例句
3. 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后地區已是陳詞濫調了。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I find this town too much of a backwater.
我覺得這個城鎮太閉塞.
來自辭典例句
5. Life in a backwater of Southern Russia have began to grow weary for the Moscoweducated couple.