Backwater
[ 'bækˌwɔ:tə ]
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n. 回水，回流;滞水，死水;闭塞的地方;不受外界事件或新思想影响的地方;
v. 倒开船;食言;
📝 例句
I find this town too much of a backwater.
我觉得这个城镇太闭塞.
🌱 联想助记
【记】back-向后,water-水:向后流的水→回水、死水
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
backwater
n (usu sing 通常作单数)
1 part of a river not reached by the current, where the water does not flow 死水.
2 (fig 比喻) place that remains unaffected by events, progress, new ideas, etc 不受外界的变化、进步、新观念等影响的地方; 闭塞地区
I find this town too much of a backwater. 我觉得这个城镇太闭塞.
🔁 扩展释义
*['bæk,wɒ:tә]n. 死水, 滞水, 停滞, 回水
📖 同为「专八」词汇
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When trouble comes your neighbors are the ones who will be there.
邻居在你有困难的时候会帮助你。
To be angry at stupid drivers
为笨手笨脚的司机们生气
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
姑妈待佣人在当时算是开明的，从来不让佣人每天工作超过8小时，但他们很难使她称心如意。