boondocks

基本解释

But if “bridges to nowhere” start springing up in the boondocks, it will probably be money wasted.
但是如果在穷乡僻壤到处修“绝路桥”（指没有用的桥），那可能只是浪费钱财。
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.
女儿张琴尤其迫不及待想要辍学摆脱农村，她向往城市的高楼大厦和霓虹灯，想要享受“现在”的生活而非未来，这些想法对于一个女孩来说是正常的，她应该开心地过每一天。
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.
怎么说世界变得怎么小的一个标志，或者全球化的普及如何快，但这里还是一滩死水的穷乡僻壤，来自世界的各种利益群体开始渗入其中。

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.