Southerners whisper that no one would show up if Parliament were based in a backwater such as Manchester.(南方人说，如果议会在诸如闭塞的曼彻斯特开会，将没有一个人到场。)
They look down upon those who live in intellectual backwater.(他们瞧不起智力处于停滞状态的人。)
On the backwater of calm, I am not in the mood to view.(对一潭死水的平静，我没有心情观赏。)
It is a commonplace to say that Northern Ireland is a backwater in modern Europe.(有关北爱尔兰是现代欧洲的一潭死水的说法已经是陈词滥调了。)
Since the mid-1990s it has become obvious that the bottleneck would need to be cleared, or the canal would become a backwater.(90年代中期以来，这一瓶颈问题愈发突出，运河亟需扩建疏导，否则将变成死水。)
We have been located in a backwater part of the galactic rim.(我们位于银河系边缘的偏远山区。)
From being a little-visited Bohemian backwater, it became the glittering jewel in the central European crown.(布拉格已经从鲜有人问津的波西米亚腐水塘，变成中欧皇冠上闪亮的珠宝。)
Western governments are, however, worried that trouble may be brewing in this backwater.(但是，许多西方国家担心这潭死水正酝酿着麻烦。)
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.(停止奋斗的脚步，江河就会沦为一潭死水。)
