sparsely-populated

基本解释

A site in sparsely-populated Nevada was designated as a nuclear repository in the 1980s.
在上个世纪80年代，内华达州一处人烟稀少的地区被指定作为核废料的贮存地点。
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.
这样，人口稀少的州府就享受了过度膨胀的代表性：由于提议的通过需获得至少60%的投票，而国会议员仅代表11%的美国人，却可以否决任何议案。
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.
苏维林登补充说，高速网络的普及将会提高一些人烟最为稀少地区的人们的生活质量，并还将会繁荣商业，促进网上银行交易。

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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