backwater
英 /'bækwɔ:tə(r)/
中文釋義
n. 死水；閉塞地區
n. a place or condition that is stagnant or inactive.
常用搭配
- remote backwater偏僻死角
- backwater town落後小鎮
- in a backwater處於閉塞地
例句
- He grew up in a quiet backwater far from the city.他在遠離城市的僻靜小地方長大。
- The branch was seen as a backwater for stalled careers.那家分部被視為事業停滯者的冷宮。
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