limbo 详细解释

limbo

['limbəu]

n.林波舞(西印度群岛的一种舞蹈),中间或不定的状态, 拘禁

词形变化

名词复数: limbos |

词义辨析

同义参见:

hell  

英英释义

名词 limbo:

the state of being disregarded or forgotten

同义词:oblivion

an imaginary place for lost or neglected things

(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

补充

limbolimbo英:[ˈlimbəu] 美:[ˈlɪmbo]n.1.无着落, 悬而未决2.林波舞(西印度群岛的一种舞)

例句

1. Thousands of asylum seekers are stranded in a bureaucratic limbo.成千上万的寻求避难者被官僚主义搁置起来。 2. The species was rescued from the limbo of effective extinction in 1981.这个物种于1981年得到援救, 从灭绝的深渊被拉了回来。 3. I've made no firm decisions yet, I'm in limbo.我还没有拿定主意, 我还在犹豫。 4. Turkey was in political limbo after prime minister Mesut Yilmaz's government fell.在首相梅苏特•耶尔马兹的政府倒台以后, 土耳其处于政治过渡期。 5. I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead. I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道我的家人是死是活。我很迷茫。 6. The negotiations have been in limbo since mid-December.自十二月中旬以来, 谈判一直处于搁置状态。 7. in limbo, waiting for people to decide what to do.惴惴不安地等待人们决定该做什么。 8. children left in an emotional limbo.被遗忘在感情沙漠里的孩子们。 9. orphaned children left in limbo in foster homes and institutions在寄养家庭和抚育机构里的被遗忘的孤儿 10. "After graduating from college, he was in limbo for a while, trying to decide what to do next."大学毕业后他有过短暂的彷徨,试图决定接下来该做什么。 11. do/dance the limbo跳林波舞 12. a limbo dancer林波舞表演者