limbo是什么意思？

limbo

英[ˈlɪmbəʊ] 美[ˈlɪmboʊ]

• 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）；

复数：limbos;

例句

• Neither party accepted her, so she was in limbo. 两党都不承认她,所以她遭到忽略。
• 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。
• We’re in limbo at the moment because we’ve finished our work in this country and now we’re waiting for our next contract. 我们目前正处于断档期，因为我们在这个国家的工作已经完成，正在等待下一个合同。
• Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of. 要进监狱,还得另打主意.
• 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 limbo of the stateless person 无国籍人的不安定状态
• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  处于不稳定(或中间过渡)状态
  We’re in limbo at the moment because we’ve finished our work in this country and now we’re waiting for our next contract. 我们目前正处于断档期，因为我们在这个国家的工作已经完成，正在等待下一个合同。 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。 Neither party accepted her, so she was in limbo. 两党都不承认她,所以她遭到忽略。

英英词典释义

• 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)