limbo的中文翻译是什么意思

limbo

US/ˈlɪmboʊ/
UK/ˈlɪmbəʊ/

n. [宗]地狱的外缘; 不稳定,中间状态; 监狱; 林波舞(西印度群岛的一种舞)

limbo柯林斯释义

N-UNCOUNT不确定的状态

If you say that someone or something is in 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.

  • 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。

  • 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。

N-SING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 limbo is 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.

    limbo英文释义

    Noun

    1. the state of being disregarded or forgotten

      2. an imaginary place for lost or neglected things

        3. (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

          limbo场景例句

          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.

          Normally, officials in his position are left in limbo for weeks or months.

          但通常而言, 官员会在事发后被保留职位长达数周或者数月.

          Throughout that night I lay in the purple limbo between sleeping and waking.

          我在半睡半醒的缥缈幻境中度过整晚.

          That journey will be in limbo for at least a few more weeks.

          这次执教至少在接下去的几周内仍会相当困难.

          The project must remain in limbo until the committee makes its decision.

          该工程必须搁置,等待委员会做决定.

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          limbo词性变形

          limbos

          limbo近义词

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