1 N-COUNT 闭塞的地方；与世隔绝的地方 A backwater is a place that is isolated. 闭塞的地方；与世隔绝的地方
SYN isolated place, backwoods, remote place, sleepy town
2 N-COUNT 停滞（或落后）的地方；一潭死水 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. 停滞（或落后）的地方；一潭死水 [disapproval]
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Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
英国有变成在世界上没有真正影响力的政治死水之虞。
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This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington.
这个机构将沦落为华盛顿闭塞落后之地。
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Quebec remained a backwater until the 1960s.
魁北克直到20世纪60年代还是一片死气沉沉。
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