Everything new was symbolic of the modernity they sought to assuage their economic backwardness .
一切新东西都是现代的象征,他们试图减缓现在的经济落后。
For them , bicycles were an unwelcome reminder of past poverty and backwardness .
对他们来说,自行车令人生厌,让他们回忆起过去的贫穷和落后。
Thank goodness that votes for backwardness , instability , stagnation and corruption were unsuccessful .
谢天谢地,那些支持落后、不稳定、经济停滞和腐败的选民未能如愿。
What , to prejudiced westerners , could better exemplify muslim backwardness and depravity ?
对抱有偏见的西方人来说,还有什么能更好地证明穆斯林的落后和邪恶呢?
Elsewhere , resentment among muslims may grow if not enough is done to redress their economic backwardness .
在其他地区,若未解决其经济落后的情形,穆斯林的不满情绪不断升级。
Graziano 's book sets out to show that this mixture of apparent economic success and behavioral backwardness had its roots in the distant past .
graziano在其书中试图表明上述的经济成功和行为落后这一混合体在意大利历史上有着深厚渊源。
Successive governments have poured resources into the region , believing that the problem is caused partly by the south-east 's backwardness and poverty .
连续几届政府都认为,该问题是由东南地区的贫穷落后造成的,便把大量资源投到该地区。
Europeans who saw civilization as their unique possession denigrated the traditional virtues of indians-simplicity , patience , frugality , otherworldliness-as backwardness .
Yet the army also shares some of the blame for political backwardness . It has permitted only a handful of elections .
但是军队也应为政治落后承担部分责任,因为军队只允许举办少量的选举活动。
Everyone knows that solving the israeli-palestinian conundrum would massively help the west and its fearful local friends in their efforts to help the forces of moderation and modernity overcome those of fanaticism and backwardness .