the boondocks

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈbuːn.dɒks]
• 美式音标 [ˈbuːn.dɑːks]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 荒野；穷乡僻壤；边远的乡村地区。

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• 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。
• One of the few drawbacks to living out the boondocks is that public services, such as litter collection, are less available than they are closer to the city.
  而居住在这种偏远的地方的一个缺点就是缺少必要的公共服务，例如，泣圾的收集就不如靠近市区那样方便。
• One eof the few drawbacks to living out the boondocks is that public services, such as littercollection, are less available than they are closer to the city.
  而居住在这种偏远的地方的一个缺点就是缺少必要的公共服务，例如，垃圾的收集就不如靠近市区那样方便。 。

权威例句

• Some people would agonize over the decision to give up a thriving career and move out to the boondocks.
  FORBES: The Entrepreneur
• Discount plans may not be an option if you live in the boondocks.
  FORBES: Magazine Article
• And although aid money can send a doctor to the boondocks, it cannot make him show up to work.
  ECONOMIST: Global poverty

词组短语

短语

• The Boondocks Season 乡下人
• paint the boondocks red 狂欢

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• any area in the country that is quiet, has few people living in it, and is a long way away from a town or city