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

• 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。
• Our plans will be in limbo until we know whether we've got the grant.
  我们的计划要搁置了，直到确认已被批准。
• 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。
• Our plans for buying a flat in Spain are in limbo at the moment.
  我们在西班牙购置一套公寓的计划目前被搁置。
• Throughout that night I lay in the purple limbo between sleeping and waking.
  我在半睡半醒的缥渺的幻境中度过整夜。
• 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。
• 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。
• You are alone in this limbo.
  你孤独地站在地狱边缘。
• In what limbo could he imagine her?
  在地狱边缘的什么地方，他能想像她呢？
• But eventually Mr Lamy admitted that his gamble had not come off, and the six-year-old round lapsed back into limbo.
  但最终，拉米承认自己冒险失败了，已经进行了6年的多哈回合重新被搁置。