limbo
美 [ˈlɪmboʊ] 
英 [ˈlɪmbəʊ]
- n.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）
- 网络地狱边境；迷失域；地狱边缘
词形变化
复数：limbos
英汉双解
1. | [c] 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）a West Indian dance in which you lean backwards and go under a bar which is made lower each time you go under it |
2. | [u][sing] （尤指因等待他人作决定）处于不定状态a situation in which you are not certain what to do next, cannot take action, etc., especially because you are waiting for sb else to make a decision |
| the limbo of the stateless person 无国籍人的不安定状态 |
| His life seemed stuck in limbo ; he could not go forward and he could not go back. 他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Grey District mayor Tony Kokshoorn said the region was "in limbo" as they waited to hear the fate of the miners.
格雷区市长托尼-考克舒恩说，当他们等待矿工命运如何的时候，一切都还是“悬而未决”的。
Her anguish grew from her concentration as she saw herself sunken in that thick impenetrable fog: could she be in limbo ?
当她集中精神注视自己、发现自己正沉没在难以渗透的厚雾中时，她的痛苦增长了：她可能是在地狱的边缘吗？
But it's easy to lose heart; especially when you are caught in the bewildering limbo between the death of the old and the birth of the new.
但是，人们总是很轻易地就失去了信心，尤其是陷于新旧交替的当口时更是如此。
He was surprised and dazed to find himself in such a glittering region, away from the shadowy limbo of his shelves.
走出下面阴暗的排排书架，他对自己身处在这样一个光芒熠熠的地方感到既惊讶又震惊。
"It is not a good way to treat people, " he said, "to leave them in limbo with no actual job. "
“这样对员工是不好的”他说，“让他们没有实际工作，名存实亡是不好的。”
But I'd rather see that, or even some honest friction, than a young guy still in limbo at the beginning of next season.
我宁愿看到交易，即使有阻力，也不希望他在那样的矛盾中开始新赛季。
There had been concern that British and other foreign forces would be thrown into a legal limbo if no agreement was reached.
此前有人担心，如果没有达成任何共识，英国和其它外国军队将失去驻扎在伊拉克的明确法律依据。
We are here to make limbo tolerable, to ferry wounded souls across the river of dread until the point where hope is dimly visible.
我们让地狱不那么可怕，我们用渡船帮助受伤的魂灵度过恐惧之河，知道希望之光隐约可见。
I'm in limbo, waiting to see if I've been accepted for the new job.
在我等待是否能得到这份工作时我感觉身处地狱边缘。
Once insulate, imprison in the slope of the garden the previous and small house, I the feeling consign into limbo, very depressed.
一旦隔离，拘禁在花园山坡上一幢小房子里，我顿感打入冷宫，十分郁郁不得志起来。
Yet If BSkyB is to avoid several months of Murdoch-dominated limbo, its board must be radically reconstructed, starting at the top.
但是，对BSkyB来说，要避免在未来数月因为默多克的缘故而变得群龙无首、风雨飘摇，其董事会必须彻底重组，而且要从最高层开始。
In this storm, it was mostly international flights that found themselves in limbo, away from the terminal, unable to unload.
在这次暴风雪中，大部分国际航班发现自己被困，离航站很远，无法卸载。
But eventually Mr Lamy admitted that his gamble had not come off, and the six-year-old round lapsed back into limbo.
但最终，拉米承认自己冒险失败了，已经进行了6年的多哈回合重新被搁置。
He failed formally to transfer power to Mr Jonathan before his departure, leaving Nigeria in a state of limbo.
由于亚拉杜瓦在离开之前并没有正式将权力转交乔纳森，导致尼日利亚处于不稳定状态。
By not specifying today which of the 21 plants would be closed, Mr. Stempel put the lives of thousands of workers in limbo.
由于斯坦普尔先生今天未指明在21个厂中关闭哪一个，使得数千工人的生活没有着落。
And even now only a few leases have been granted , with ninety percent of applications lost in bureaucratic limbo .
到现在只批准了几件租约，百分之九十的申请都消失在官僚主义的汪洋大海里了。
When Anita Mui being interviewed later, she admitted that her part for [The last night of King Tai Pan] is in limbo.
梅艳芳在事后接受记者采访时承认她主演《金大班的最后一夜》悬了。
At least seven people were killed in Yemen amid a political limbo that appears no closer to resolution.
在也门，因政治分歧无法弥合导致的冲突中也有至少7人被杀死。
I'm over existing in limbo, I'm over the myths and placebos, I don't really mind if I just fade away.
我在悬空恍惚状态中，超越各种神话、各种安慰，实在不在乎若如此慢慢地消失。
Do you think the Taiwan issue would be in a "no war - no peace" limbo?
你想台湾问题会在「不战不和」的暂时性状态吗？
That would give oil from the tar sands much easier access to refineries in Texas, even if the rest of the project remains in limbo.
及时该项目其余部分悬而未决，那部分管道也是炼油沙进入德克萨斯炼油厂更为便捷的通道。
LIMBO captures the style of a Grimm's Fairy Tale, brought to terrifying life - and you'll be entranced by every second of it.
地狱边境（LIMBO）采用了冷酷的童话风格，在恐怖中苏醒——你可以在任何时候进入这个世界。
A further goal is to wrap up the RDF schema specification, which is currently still in limbo as a candidate recommendation.
更进一步的目标是完成RDF模式规范，该规范当前作为一个候选推荐仍处于中间过渡状态。
It was the most pure and stark of several films about characters who drifted in existential limbo.
在数部角色同样游离失魂的电影里，《奇遇》最为纯粹而鲜明。
Results from Afghanistan's disputed presidential election are in a further state of limbo.
阿富汗有争议的总统选举的结果再次被搁置。
I'm over exisiting in limbo, I'm over the myths and placebos, I don't really mind if I just fade away.
我已经戒生活在不定状态，我不再相信神话和安慰剂，我不在乎如果我慢慢地消失。
It was my tenor-sax teacher , Bill Sheiner, who gave me a way out of this limbo .
后来，多亏我的高音萨克斯管教师比尔·希尼尔给了我一条脱离苦海的道路。
A world in limbo, in the state of foetus, what an unheard-of spectre! Saint-Simon, Owen, Fourier, are there also, in lateral galleries .
一个处于胚胎状态的鬼域里的世界，这是多么离奇的形相！圣西门、欧文、傅立叶，也都在那里的一些侧坑里。
The Chinese bank's need for the capital injection also waned over the two years that the deal was stuck in limbo.
在两年的搁置过程中，这家中国银行对于资本注入的需求也有所降低。
Inconclusiveelections in March have left Iraq in a state of limbo.
三月份不确定性的选举使伊拉克进入不确定的状态。
It's true that these students would find themselves back in limbo once they leave school.
是真的，这群学生一旦离开了学校，他们就会发现他们又回到了无法安定的生活中。
But at the moment, agriculture has been caught in limbo. The era of cheap food is over.
但在那时农业也已到了地狱的边境，粮食廉价的时代已经结束了。
Trial and error is the only tool you have to figure out the malevolent logic of Limbo's deathtrap puzzles.
尝试和犯错是你手头唯一工具，以此找出“地狱边境”中致命谜题背后的邪恶关系。
While a vast majority of applicants will be denied admission, thousands of applicants are in limbo on the wait list.
虽然大多数申请者都将会被拒绝，但还是有数千人被列入了候补名单。
Dare you step into the dark, brooding world of LIMBO on PlayStation 3?
在PS3上，你敢踏入地狱边境（LIMBO）这个黑暗阴森的世界里吗？
In Dante's Inferno, for example, Caesar is in Limbo, a relatively pleasant place in hell reserved for virtuous non-Christians.
例如，在但丁的《地狱》中，凯撒关在地狱边境，一块相对舒适专为正直的非基督教徒保留的区域。
But western diplomats believe that would simply prolong Afghanistan's political limbo.
但是西方国家的外交官们认为那只会延长阿富汗政治上的无着落状态。
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。
As I reside in the limbo between true forgiveness and painful hurt, I struggle with the tug-of-war between heart and head.
当我在真正的宽恕与心灵的伤痛间徘徊时，我是在心灵与理智的战争中挣扎。
The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency ended months of bureaucratic limbo on the issue.
环保署的声明标志着官方在该问题上长达数月的踌躇终于划上句号。
