limbo
n.
林波舞(西印度群島的一種舞蹈)；中間或不定的狀態；拘禁
詳細解釋
n.(名詞)
- 監獄
- 中間狀態或位置
- 放置丟棄物的場所
- 丟棄廢物的地方
- 中間過渡狀態
- 林波舞（西印度群島舞蹈舞者向后彎腰鉆過一次比一次降低的橫桿）
- 處于不定狀態
- 拘禁
- 監牢
- 易被疏忽的地方
- 地獄邊境（據說是基督降生前正直的人和未受洗禮的兒童死后居住的地方）
英語翻譯 Noun:
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the state of being disregarded or forgotten
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an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
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(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
造句
用作名詞(n.)
- Israel is in political limbo today.
以色列今天陷入政治僵局。
- I\\\'m in limbo, waiting to know if I\\\'ve got the job or not.
我心神不定，等著知道是否已得到了那份工作。
- Management kept her promotion in limbo for months.
有好幾個月領導將她的升遷之事放置一邊。
- Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of.
要進監獄，還得另打主意。
常用短語
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Gumbo-limbo virus
岡姆博林姆博病毒...
組詞
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Legally, the Irish occupy a curious limbo.
出自：E. Huxley
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A fever that..left him in a limbo between reason and unreason.
出自：U. Le Guin
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Hav remained in a kind of limbo until..the League of Nations declared its mandate.
出自：Jan Morris
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These prisoners are totally in limbo..No one is responsible for their welfare.
出自：Independent
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