out in the sticks
基本解释
- 远离城镇
- 处在偏远地区
英汉例句
- We live way out in the sticks.
我们住在偏远地区。
dj.client.iciba.com - Out in the sticks, they expect a dearth of housing and amenities.
在德黑兰以外的偏远地区,房屋等设施严重不足。 - 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.
在一个播音室里,一位好心的女士告诉我,大的广播电台是不会冒险雇用没经验的新手的。" 去乡下找一家给你机会的小电台吧,"她说。 - 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