one-horse

1. ADJ （城镇）极小的，穷乡僻壤的，闭塞落后的
   If someone describes a town as a one-horse town, they mean it is very small, dull, and old-fashioned.
   1. Would you want to live in a small, one-horse town for your whole life?
      你想在一个闭塞落后的小镇上过一辈子吗？
2. ADJ （比赛）胜负分明的
   If a contest is described as a one-horse race, it is thought that one person or thing will obviously win it.
   1. He described the referendum as a one-horse race...
      他称这次全民公决是一场胜负分明的比赛。
   2. Last season looked to be a one-horse race for much of the time, with the reigning champions coasting to an 11-point lead.
      上一赛季大部分时间都毫无悬念，卫冕冠军轻而易举便取得了11分的领先优势。

1. Would you want to live in a small, one-horse town for your whole life?
   你想在一个闭塞落后的小镇上过一辈子吗？
2. He described the referendum as a one-horse race
   他称这次全民公决是一场胜负分明的比赛。
3. Last season looked to be a one-horse race for much of the time, with the reigning champions coasting to an 11-point lead.
   上一赛季大部分时间都毫无悬念，卫冕冠军轻而易举便取得了11分的领先优势。
4. I couldn't understand why a man who had always been so fond of the social scene should suddenly want to bury himself alive in a one-horse village at the back of no where.
   我不理解，为什么一位原先那么喜欢社交的人竟会突然隐居到偏僻的小村庄。
5. A one-horse vehicle for public hire.
   用于公开出租的单马力交通工具。
6. The city was a gray, drab, one-horse town where the main means of transportation was the bicycle.
   那时这个城市是一个灰色、乏味、设施简陋的城市，主要交通工具是自行车。
7. That experience, never fun, is far less wrenching in a city than in a one-horse town.
   这种经历尽管从来都不是乐趣，但在城市，它所带来的痛苦比偏僻的小镇要少得多。
8. Gordon is leaving this one-horse town.
   戈登要离开这个（偏僻简陋的）村小镇。
9. The might of CAA notwithstanding, Hollywood is no longer a one-horse town and there are plenty of options for both up-and-coming actors and established A-listers seeking representation.
   尽管创新艺人经纪公司实力强大，但好莱坞已不再是单调乏味的小镇，无论是崭露头角的演员还是功成名就的大腕，在寻找代理方面都有充分的选择。
10. Oh, what fun it is to ride, In a one-horse open sleigh! Hey!
    哦，驾车多欢畅，在一匹马拉的无蓬雪橇中！嘿！
11. The championship is looking increasingly lide a one-horse race.
    谁是冠军得主看来越来越明朗了。
12. In a one-horse open sleigh.
    “只马无蓬”的雪橇。
13. Oh! What fun it is to ride in a one-horse o-pen sleigh!
    噢！这是多么有趣，在单马开篷雪橇上！
14. But the two things are as different as an automobile and a one-horse shay.
    不过，这两者之间的区别就像汽车与单马轻便马车的区别一样明显。
15. An open two-wheeled one-horse vehicle formerly widely used in Ireland.
    起初广泛应用于爱尔兰的开口的双轮的单马拉的车。
16. A little one-horse town miles from anywhere.
    一座偏僻的小镇。
17. In a one-horse open sleigh! hey!
    在一匹马拉的无蓬雪橇中！嘿！
18. A low one-horse box sleigh.
    一种低的一马拉的象箱子形状的雪橇。
19. This was a one-horse town, a beautiful quiet place.
    这里以前是个乡村小镇，宁静而又景色秀丽。
20. A covered one-horse carriage with two seats. a covered wagon
    马车一种有篷的由一匹马拉的双座马车
21. This was a one-horse town, a beautiful quiet place. The river wanders through some beautiful country.
    这里以前是个乡村小镇，宁静而又景色秀丽。这条河蜿蜒曲折地流经一些风景秀丽的乡村。

adj

1. small and remote and insignificant
   1. a jerkwater college
   2. passed a series of poky little one-horse towns

   Synonym:    jerkwaterpokeypoky