backwater

漢語翻譯

n. 死水, 滯水, 停滯, 回水

英文解釋：

名詞 backwater:

1. a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam
2. any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress

例句：

1. I find this town too much of a backwater.
   我覺得這個城鎮太閉塞。

詳細解釋：

back.wa.ter

n.（名詞）

Water held or pushed back by or as if by a dam or current.
逆流，回水：被或似乎被水壩或急流止住或往回流的水
A body of water thus formed.
回水處：如此形成的水流積存
A place or situation regarded as isolated, stagnant, or backward:
窮鄉僻壤，停滯：被認為孤立的、停滯的或落後的地方或位置：
例句：
.The running of family fortunes has always been a backwater—albeit a lucrative one—of the investment management business.(Business Week)
.家庭未來的趨勢一直處於投資管理商務的停滯狀態——儘管有有利的一面.(商務周刊)

A rowing or paddling stroke in which the oar or paddle is pushed forward, used to check a boat`s forward motion or move it backward.
倒漿：把櫓或槳向前推以阻止船向前運動或向後移動的一種划船或搖槳方式