sparsely populated

基本解释

His rule has undoubtedly ended. Men loyal to him control only a few towns across the sparsely populated country.
忠于他的人只控制可这个人口稀少的国家的为数不多的几个城镇。
In a parallel trend, the burden of world poverty is also shifting from sparsely populated rural areas to densely populated cities.
与此平行的另一趋势是，世界贫穷的负担也从人口稀少的农村地区转移到了人口密集的城市。
In the capital, not much more than an hour on the road gets you out into the stark, sparsely populated beauty of the Western Hills, with the Great Wall thrown in as a bonus.
而在首都，一个小时多一点就能把你带出城，欣赏到西山原生态人烟稀少的美景，还有长城做为一个额外惊喜。

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