| 词汇 | back-of-beyond |
| 释义 | the back of beyondidiomUKinformal a place far away from any big town: 偏僻之地;边远地方 They live in some village in the back of beyond.他们住在某个偏僻的乡村。 Distant in space and time (in) the middle of nowhereidiom afar afield all/the four corners of the world/earthidiom anywhere as far as the eye can/could seeidiom distance eye from afar further furthermost light years awayidiom lonely middle remote remotely remoteness ultra ultra-distant wide Examples of the back of beyondthe back of beyond They might find a drop of water in an almost empty well or in a borehole in thebackofbeyond away from the villages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are very heavy transport charges for collecting these small quantities of milk from thebackofbeyond. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It'll be for some pension in thebackofbeyond, riddled with lice; they won't be comfortable, but they could stay there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You are living in thebackofbeyond. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result is a property in thebackofbeyond where nobody else would have a chance of getting planning consent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The public did not mind the extra inconvenience of going from the village to the inconveniently situated railway station at thebackofbeyond. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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