backwater /ˈbækˌwɔːtə/ star1 TEM8 (backwaters)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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（可数名词） 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。