limbo

英 [ˈlɪmbəʊ]

美 [ˈlɪmboʊ]

n.  林波舞(西印度群岛舞蹈，舞者向后弯腰钻过一次比一次降低的横杆); (尤指因等待他人作决定)处于不定状态

复数：limbos　

GRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.14647 / COCA.12798

牛津词典

noun

• 林波舞（西印度群岛舞蹈，舞者向后弯腰钻过一次比一次降低的横杆）
  a West Indian dance in which you lean backwards and go under a bar which is made lower each time you go under it
• （尤指因等待他人作决定）处于不定状态
  a situation in which you are not certain what to do next, cannot take action, etc., especially because you are waiting for sb else to make a decision
  1. the limbo of the stateless person
     无国籍人的不安定状态
  2. His life seemed stuck in limbo ; he could not go forward and he could not go back.
     他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 不确定的状态
  If you say that someone or something isin limbo, you mean that they are in a situation where they seem to be caught between two stages and it is unclear what will happen next.
  1. I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead. I felt as if I was in limbo...
     我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。
  2. The negotiations have been in limbo since mid-December.
     从12月中旬开始谈判就一直处于停滞状态。
• 林波舞（西印度群岛的一种舞蹈，舞者需后仰，从离地越来越近的杆下通过）
  The limbois a West Indian dance in which you have to pass under a low bar while leaning backwards. The bar is moved nearer to the floor each time you go under it.

英英释义

noun

• (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
• an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
• the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  Synonym:oblivion

双语例句

• He says Palestinians, as well as Arab and Muslim states, can not bear the climate of limbo, in which peace never quite arrives, for much longer.
  他说，巴勒斯坦人以及阿拉伯和穆斯林国家不能再容忍这种和平永远不会到达的气氛。
• I hope I hear from somebody soon – I hate being in limbo like this.
  我希望能尽早得到回音，我讨厌象这样被人忽视。
• A huge percentage of those "assets" are already in creditor limbo, having secured roads and bridges and tunnels and airports to nowhere.
  这些“资产”中巨大比例已经让债权人损失惨重，它们被用于为做摆设的道路和桥梁、隧道和机场项目做担保。
• Are you ready to limbo?
  你准备好到那去吗？
• She was out of the way, deposited in Limbo with their sinful daughter.
  她是不可能的方式，存放无人过问他们罪孽深重的女儿。
• That's why I was stuck here in limbo.
  那就是我呆在地狱边上的原因。
• How can limbo just be abolished?
  刚刚被打入冷宫怎么取消？
• Results from Afghanistan's disputed presidential election are in a further state of limbo.
  阿富汗有争议的总统选举的结果再次被搁置。
• However valid, these doubts and quibbles left the accord in limbo.
  然而实际上，诸如此类的怀疑和遁辞只会把协定打入冷宫。
• I'm in limbo, waiting to know if I've got the job or not.
  我心神不定，等着知道是否已得到了那份工作。