out in the sticks
基本解釋
- 遠離城鎮(zhèn)
- 処在偏遠地區(qū)
英漢例句
- We live way out in the sticks.
我們住在偏遠地區(qū)。
dj.client.iciba.com - Out in the sticks, they expect a dearth of housing and amenities.
在德黑蘭以外的偏遠地區(qū)，房屋等設(shè)施嚴重不足。 - In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring inexperienced person-"Go out in the sticks and find a small station that ‘ll give you a chance,”she said.
在一個播音室裡,一位好心的女士告訴我,大的廣播電臺是不會冒險雇用沒經(jīng)騐的新手的。" 去鄕下找一家給你機會的小電臺吧,"她說。 - This town of 4,000 people, whose numbers swell to 40,000 in the summertime, lies on the tip of a little peninsula that sticks out into the mouth of the Delaware Bay.
- Back here on Earth, however, we never thought we'd get bandwidth-envy this far out in the sticks.
ENGADGET - He spends much of his spare time trying to pep up a restituted family farm out in the sticks.
ECONOMIST: Toomas Ilves, Estonia’s American-European - But many of the new councils are out in the sticks, well away from the national media's spotlight, and such local press as exists is not always keen to tangle with local bosses.
ECONOMIST: Brazil