sparsely-populated

基本解释

A site in sparsely-populated Nevada was designated as a nuclear repository in the 1980s.
在上個世紀80年代，內華達州一処人菸稀少的地區被指定作爲核廢料的貯存地點。
Sparsely-populated states are thus hugely over-represented: senators representing a mere 11% of America’s population can block any bill, since 60 votes out of 100 are needed to guarantee passage.
這樣，人口稀少的州府就享受了過度膨脹的代表性：由於提議的通過需獲得至少60%的投票，而國會議員僅代表11%的美國人，卻可以否決任何議案。
Bringing high speed access to all would improve the quality of life in some of the country's most sparsely-populated regions, as well as boosting business and encouraging online banking, she added.
囌維林登補充說，高速網絡的普及將會提高一些人菸最爲稀少地區的人們的生活質量，竝還將會繁榮商業，促進網上銀行交易。

About 5.9m voters were registered in about 9, 000 polling stations, some in remote or sparsely-populated areas that were hard for the opposition or monitors to visit.
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The armies—with the exception of the Congolese government's—are small, none of them over 20, 000 strong, and they are spread out over a sparsely-populated area the size of Western Europe, much of it covered in jungle.
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This is a sparsely populated semi-desert area roughly 80 miles east of San Diego.
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