boondocks

基本解釋

But if “bridges to nowhere” start springing up in the boondocks, it will probably be money wasted.
但是如果在窮鄉(xiāng)僻壤到處修“絕路橋”（指沒(méi)有用的橋），那可能只是浪費(fèi)錢(qián)財(cái)。
Qin in particular can't wait to abandon school, get out of the boondocks and move to the city where, surrounded by high-rises and neon and the intoxicating whir of the Now, a girl can have some fun.
女兒張琴尤其迫不及待想要輟學(xué)擺脫農(nóng)村，她向往城市的高樓大廈和霓虹燈，想要享受“現(xiàn)在”的生活而非未來(lái)，這些想法對(duì)于一個(gè)女孩來(lái)說(shuō)是正常的，她應(yīng)該開(kāi)心地過(guò)每一天。
But call it a sign of how small the world has become, or how pervasive globalization has spread, but here in the boondocks of backwaters, diverse interests from around the world have begun to seep in.
怎么說(shuō)世界變得怎么小的一個(gè)標(biāo)志，或者全球化的普及如何快，但這里還是一灘死水的窮鄉(xiāng)僻壤，來(lái)自世界的各種利益群體開(kāi)始滲入其中。

These are educated and entrepreneurial people, says Schultz, and they are reinvigorating America's boondocks.
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Some people would agonize over the decision to give up a thriving career and move out to the boondocks.
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Discount plans may not be an option if you live in the boondocks.
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If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.