【backwater】 - SAT备考词汇

backwater

UK:  ['bæk.wɔːtə(r)]

US:  ['bæk.wɔtər]

复数：backwaters  

v.

1.倒划,倒开船;〔美口〕放弃原来的立场;食言

n.

1.(被阻退回的)回水,回流;逆流;循环水,再用水;死水,滞水;〔比喻〕停滞;文化落后的地方

2.壅水

3.巷道隔墙背后的水

4.拦截的水

5.雍水

6.死气沉沉的状态

7.反浪

8.倒划

1 . Jabba transplanted Desilijic operations from Nal Hutta to Tatooine, a backwater desert planet he began to think of as home.
贾巴将德西利吉克的业务从纳尔赫塔转移到穷困的沙漠星球塔图因，并开始以此为家。

2 . A century ago, you were but a minor port on the Yangtze, a backwater of south-central China with a slightly different name, Chungking.
一个世纪以前，你只是扬子江上的一个小河港，一个中国中南部的闭塞之地，有一个略显不同的名字，重庆。

3 . Yet this pleasant port-city today feels something of a backwater, cut off by mountains and winding roads from the rest of Kyushu.
然而受高山和蜿蜒的道路所阻，这个舒适的港口城市今天陷入停滞的状态。

4 . With a slight movement of his head Rat, who had long dropped the rudder-lines, directed the rower to take the backwater.
河鼠早就放下了舵，这时，他把头轻轻一扬，示意鼹鼠向回水湾划去。

5 . Passing the more feverish parts of the City toward the most perfect backwater in London, he ruminated.
穿过商业区那些比较尘嚣的部分向伦敦最僻静的街道走来时，他不禁感慨系之。