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单词 limbo
释义
limbo
noun
uk
/ˈlɪm.bəʊ/us
/ˈlɪm.boʊ/

limbonoun(UNCERTAINTY)

[U]
anuncertainsituationthat you cannotcontroland in which there is noprogressorimprovement:
悬而未决；停滞不前
Until we haveofficialpermissionto goaheadwith theplanswe'reinlimbo.在该计划得到正式批准之前，我们一直处于停滞状态。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Uncertainty
  • amorphous
  • arguable
  • be neither fish nor fowlidiom
  • blurred
  • blurry
  • circumstantial
  • conflicted
  • dodgy
  • indeterminate
  • insecurely
  • insecurity
  • it remains to be seenidiom
  • it's early daysidiom
  • spec
  • sputter
  • squishy
  • stutter
  • swither
  • tentative
  • unwritten
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Doubt & ambivalence

limbonoun(DANCE)

the limbo
adancefrom theWestIndies in which thedancerbendsbackwardsto go under alowbarthat is madelowereachtimehe or she goes under it
林波舞（源自西印度群岛，舞者向后弯腰钻过逐次降低的横杆）
picture of limbo
NurPhoto/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dance & choreography
  • arabesque
  • backing dancer
  • backspin
  • backup dancer
  • ballerina
  • cut a rugidiom
  • dabbing
  • dance
  • dance studio
  • dancer
  • morris dancer
  • morris dancing
  • mosh
  • mosher
  • non-dance
  • terpsichorean
  • throw shapesidiom
  • tights
  • tutu
  • twerk
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(Definition oflimbofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

limbo| Business English

limbo
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪmbəʊ/us
anuncertainsituationthat you cannotcontroland in which there is noprogressorimprovement:
Until we've gotofficialpermissionto goaheadwith theplanswe willremainin limbo.
bureaucratic/political/legallimbo
(Definition oflimbofrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflimbo

limbo
Eachlimbo, now conceived of as a family homestead, was to use a particular strip of land extending into the hinterland.
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The concept of complexity thus continues to wander around inlimbobetween ontology and epistemology.
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She found living inlimbo, neither dead nor alive, unacceptable.
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Prisoners on parole, of course, might find themselves inlimbowaiting for their case to be heard (and it could even be heard in camera).
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Generally the illustrations are of a symbolic nature and fall into alimbobetween the textual prescription and the ceremony of coronation as performed.
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He manipulates them to create an alternative reality, but his preoccupation with them amounts to an artisticlimboin the modern world.
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Also, why do some markets seem to linger in a 'limbo' state for a few years-not growing very much but managing to survive?
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In fact, villagers make a clear distinction in everyday language between inhabited space (thelimboand its fields) and the surrounding wilderness (musenge).
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The reason is that such sentences do not somehow occur alone, inlimbo; they occur as part of a more general theory.
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Their boundaries might overlap; or leave some areas in a curiouslimbounattached to any part of the institutional structure.
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Researchers pointed out the connections between compulsion, the last-resort mentality and the problem of children left in an emotionallimbo.
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No matter how ethereal they may seem, they do not exist in a timelesslimbobut possess determinate antecedents in time and space.
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In educational terms they have remained in a kind oflimbo.
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The achievement of its electoral goals without new links to government left the association in a sort of functional and politicallimbo.
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Rhinelanders, always much impressed by legality, existed in a state oflimbothroughout the intervening period.
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