整个讨论沉闷得如同一潭死水，阿普尔比夫人站起来才开始给讨论注入了生机。
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餐厅一个四四方方、面对一堵混凝土墙的昏暗空间看起来死水一潭。杜布斯说：在我们看来，这真是糟糕透了。
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The dining room--a dark, boxy space facing a concrete wall--seemed like a dead zone.'
餐厅——一个四四方方、面对一堵混凝土墙的昏暗空间——看起来死水一潭。
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By comparison, their own shallow life, their stagnant days, were becoming unbearable.
相比之下, 她们自己浮浅的生活和一潭死水般的日子倒变得难以忍受了.
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Ofcourse, love needs romance and marriage is not a pond of stagnant water either.
诚然, 爱情需要浪漫,婚姻也不能是一潭死水.
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Its origins lie in the credit markets, coverage of which in most news organizations a backwater.
其发源地在于信贷市场, 而多数新闻机构将对这一领域的报道视为死水区.
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Icelandic stock index dead situation, but Shanghai and Shenzhen stock index bounce 6 %.
冰岛股指一潭死水, 而沪深股指反弹不过6%.
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But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant.
但这似乎是一潭死水：受了污染而且恶臭无比。
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Yet for most of the Bush years the Treasury has been a backwater.
不过,在布什总统当政的大部分岁月里,财政部不过是死水一潭.
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Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
英国有变成在世界上没有真正影响力的政治死水之虞。
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