1. 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。
2. Electric windows, electric locks, and electric trunk catches were the latest gadgets, but wipers were one of the backwaters of automotive technology. 电动窗、电动锁和电动后盖是最新的发明,但雨刷却是汽车技术的死水。
3. These things happen: bright young things never last long in backwaters. 情况总是这样:年轻有为的人决不会在死水中待很久。
4. As Secretary of State Kissinger sent him next to the relative backwaters of Ecuador and Greece. 基辛格任国务卿后,随即将其派往相对落后的厄瓜多尔和希腊。
5. Probably he won't take any notice, because the views of those in backwaters are generally ignored. 他可能会不屑一顾,因为死水里的人的观点一般都不会被理睬。