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

1. I find this town too much of a backwater.
   我覺得這個(gè)城鎮(zhèn)太閉塞。

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(xiāng)僻壤，停滯：被認(rèn)為孤立的、停滯的或落后的地方或位置：
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(shì)一直處于投資管理商務(wù)的停滯狀態(tài)——盡管有有利的一面.(商務(wù)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?jié){：把櫓或槳向前推以阻止船向前運(yùn)動(dòng)或向后移動(dòng)的一種劃船或搖槳方式