back water

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A backwater is a place that is isolated. 荒僻处
...a quiet rural backwater. …一处宁静的乡下偏僻之地。
2. N-COUNT 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]
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。
This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington. 这个机构将被移到华盛顿闭塞落后的地方。