昨天午休时，大家聊起了各自的家乡，当问到外教Tony时，他一边惆怅地望着窗外的天边，一边淡淡地回了一句：
I was born in somewhere a little village in the back of beyond.
看到这儿您可能已经猜出来了，Tony他是出生在一个远离喧嚣闹市的偏远小乡村里，其中所用到的这个“the back of beyond”其实就是我们中文里常说的“穷乡僻壤”，所以如果当你想形容一个地方是多么的偏僻遥远且远离喧嚣时，用上这个短语就再合适不过啦，你想啊，beyond这个词儿当副词用时，本身就是形容"在......的远处"，而在这个"远处"的后边儿不就是远得更偏僻了嘛~而且听着还带着些许的诗意呢！
the back of beyond
na. 遥远的地方；穷乡僻壤；天涯海角; 偏僻之地；边远地方; 遥远的彼岸; 偏远之处；偏僻地方；僻远的地区; 远离闹市的地方
【En】
a place that is a long way from any other towns, houses, etc.
离其他城镇、房屋等很远的地方。
a very remote place.
一个非常偏远、偏僻的地方。
a place far away from any big town.
一个远离任何大城市的地方。
a place that is a long way from other places and is difficult to get to.
一个离其他地方很远，很难到达的地方。
a location that is extremely remote, out of the way, or inaccessible.
极其偏远、偏僻或难以接近的地方
● It's a nice little cottage but it really is in the back of beyond.
这是一座漂亮的小别墅，但它实际上是坐落在穷乡僻壤之中。
【Scenario Example 场景示例】
● They live in some village in the back of beyond.
他们住在某个偏僻的乡村。
● How did my brother come to be living in a cottage in the back of beyond?
我的兄弟怎么会住在穷乡僻壤的小屋里呢?
● You should be recuperating in comfort at home, instead of being whisked to the back of beyond like this.
你应该在家里舒舒服服地休养，而不是像现在这样被赶到偏远之地。
● It is difficult to get to their house. There is no public transportation– they live in the back of beyond.
去他们家很困难，没有公共交通－们住在离城市很远的乡村里。
● He's bought a ruined cottage at the back of beyond.
他在偏远的地方买了一幢破房子。
● They live somewhere at the back of beyond.
他们住的地方远离闹市.
● This is London, Niall, not some poky wee place in the back of beyond.
这儿是伦敦，尼尔，可不是什么偏僻的小地方。
● What did you do, to make them send someone like you out here into the back of beyond?
你做了些什么使他们把你送到这种遥远的地方？
● That village they've moved to is really in the back of beyond!
他们搬去的那个村子真是太偏僻了!
● His early comedies might have been taken to represent an unheard-of civility from the back of beyond.
他早期的喜剧可能被认为代表了一种闻所未闻的文明。
● She lives out in the back of beyond, so it's always a major hassle to go and visit her at Christmastime.
她住在偏远的地方，所以圣诞节去看她总是一件很麻烦的事。
● Larky jaunts to the back of beyond returned to fashion with the 1980s boom in travel writing.
随着上世纪80年代旅行写作的繁荣，Larky“回到远方”之旅重新流行起来。
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