dead zone
英 美
The town is a cultural dead zone.
这个镇子是个文化荒原。
The UN is trying to maintain a dead zone between the warring groups.
联合国正试图在交战方之间保留隔离带。
Within seven years the Black Sea's dead zone had largely vanished and fisheries had recovered.
就在7年之内,黑海的死寂之区已经很大程度地消失,同时捕鱼业也得到恢复。