limbo

英 ['lɪmbəʊ] 美 ['lɪmboʊ]

• n. 林波舞(西印度群岛的一种舞蹈)；中间或不定的状态；拘禁

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 监狱
2. 中间状态或位置
3. 放置丢弃物的场所
4. 丢弃废物的地方
5. 中间过渡状态
6. 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）
7. 处于不定状态
8. 拘禁
9. 监牢
10. 易被疏忽的地方
11. 地狱边境（据说是基督降生前正直的人和未受洗礼的儿童死后居住的地方）

英英释义

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)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Israel is in political limbo today.
   以色列今天陷入政治僵局。
2. 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。
3. Management kept her promotion in limbo for months.
   有好几个月领导将她的升迁之事放置一边。
4. Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of.
   要进监狱，还得另打主意。

经典引文

• Legally, the Irish occupy a curious limbo.

  出自： E. Huxley

• A fever that..left him in a limbo between reason and unreason.

  出自： U. Le Guin

• Hav remained in a kind of limbo until..the League of Nations declared its mandate.

  出自： Jan Morris

• These prisoners are totally in limbo..No one is responsible for their welfare.

  出自：Independent

词汇搭配

• Gumbo-limbo virus 冈姆博林姆博病毒...

近反义词

【近义词】

• hell 地狱
• oblivion 遗忘