backwater /ˈbækˌwɔːtə/ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A backwater is a place that is isolated. 荒僻处

  例：

  ...a quiet rural backwater.

  …一处宁静的乡下偏僻之地。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT 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. 闭塞落后的地方 [表不满]

  例：

  The state's high schools remain an educational backwater where dropout rates are rising.

  该州的高中仍旧是教育封闭落后之所，辍学率在上升。

  例：

  This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington.

  这个机构将被移到华盛顿闭塞落后的地方。