backwater

🇬🇧/ˈbækwɔːtə(r)/ 🇺🇸/ˈbækwɔːtər/📚 16228 74 1GREgmat
A backwater is a place that is isolated. 荒僻处

noun [抽象名词]回水;死水;停滞不进的状态或地方

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。

adjective [原级]死水般的;倒退的,落后的

I came up this backwater to try and get a moment's peace, and then stumble upon you fellows!
我来到这水河汊,想要得到片刻的安宁,却偶遇了你们这些家伙!

backwater 出现在下面的课文中
Lesson 56 Our neighbour,the river backwater 名词: 回水河汊
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