Southerners whisper that no one would show up if Parliament were based in a backwater such as Manchester.(南方人說，如果議會在諸如閉塞的曼徹斯特開會，將沒有一個人到場。)

They look down upon those who live in intellectual backwater.(他們瞧不起智力處于停滯狀態(tài)的人。)

On the backwater of calm, I am not in the mood to view.(對一潭死水的平靜，我沒有心情觀賞。)

It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in modern Europe.(有關(guān)北愛爾蘭是現(xiàn)代歐洲的一潭死水的說法已經(jīng)是陳詞濫調(diào)了。)

Since the mid-1990s it has become obvious that the bottleneck would need to be cleared, or the canal would become a backwater.(90年代中期以來，這一瓶頸問題愈發(fā)突出，運河亟需擴(kuò)建疏導(dǎo)，否則將變成死水。)

We have been located in a backwater part of the galactic rim.(我們位于銀河系邊緣的偏遠(yuǎn)山區(qū)。)

From being a little-visited Bohemian backwater, it became the glittering jewel in the central European crown.(布拉格已經(jīng)從鮮有人問津的波西米亞腐水塘，變成中歐皇冠上閃亮的珠寶。)

Western governments are, however, worried that trouble may be brewing in this backwater.(但是，許多西方國家擔(dān)心這潭死水正醞釀著麻煩。)

Some were playing water-polo in the backwater.(有些人在回水河汊玩水球。)

Stop the struggle, the rivers will become a backwater.(停止奮斗的腳步，江河就會淪為一潭死水。)