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limbo n.林波舞(西印度群岛的一种舞蹈)；中间或不定的状态；拘禁 (1) 以色列今天陷入政治僵局。(2) 我心神不定，等着知道是否已得到了那份工作。(3) 有好几个月领导将她的升迁之事放置一边。(4) 要进监狱，还得另打主意。 Limbo is originally a Roman Catholic term used to describe a place for infants who die before baptism. In common speech limbo can be used in much the same way as “gray area.” It’s a place where nothing is clear or certain. When the law isn’t clear on a specific issue, then that issue is in “legal limbo.” If there is an election that is so close that no one knows who won, that’s “political limbo.”

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英 ['lɪmbəʊ] 美 ['lɪmboʊ] (1) Israel is in political limbo today.(2) I'm in limbo, waiting to know if I've got the job or not.(3) Management kept her promotion in limbo for months.(4) Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of. No, this isn’t the dance where you try to squeeze under a pole by leaning backwards, this limbo refers to an imaginary place for lost or forgotten things. It’s where your socks go when you lose them in the dryer. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]不确定的状态 If you say that someone or something is in limbo, you mean that they are in a situation where they seem to be caught between two stages and it is unclear what will happen next.   [usu in/into N]I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead. I felt as if I was in limbo...我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。The negotiations have been in limbo since mid-December.从12月中旬开始谈判就一直处于停滞状态。2[N-SING 单数名词]林波舞（西印度群岛的一种舞蹈，舞者需后仰，从离地越来越近的杆下通过） The limbo is a West Indian dance in which you have to pass under a low bar while leaning backwards. The bar is moved nearer to the floor each time you go under it.   [the N]

英语单词	limbo
英美音标	英 ['lɪmbəʊ] 美 ['lɪmboʊ]
中文释义	n.林波舞(西印度群岛的一种舞蹈)；中间或不定的状态；拘禁
英语例句	(1) Israel is in political limbo today. (2) I'm in limbo, waiting to know if I've got the job or not. (3) Management kept her promotion in limbo for months. (4) Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of.
中文例句	(1) 以色列今天陷入政治僵局。 (2) 我心神不定，等着知道是否已得到了那份工作。 (3) 有好几个月领导将她的升迁之事放置一边。 (4) 要进监狱，还得另打主意。
vocabulary简明	No, this isn’t the dance where you try to squeeze under a pole by leaning backwards, this limbo refers to an imaginary place for lost or forgotten things. It’s where your socks go when you lose them in the dryer.
vocabulary扩展	Limbo is originally a Roman Catholic term used to describe a place for infants who die before baptism. In common speech limbo can be used in much the same way as “gray area.” It’s a place where nothing is clear or certain. When the law isn’t clear on a specific issue, then that issue is in “legal limbo.” If there is an election that is so close that no one knows who won, that’s “political limbo.”
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]不确定的状态 If you say that someone or something is in limbo, you mean that they are in a situation where they seem to be caught between two stages and it is unclear what will happen next. [usu in/into N] I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead. I felt as if I was in limbo... 我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。 The negotiations have been in limbo since mid-December. 从12月中旬开始谈判就一直处于停滞状态。 2 [N-SING 单数名词]林波舞（西印度群岛的一种舞蹈，舞者需后仰，从离地越来越近的杆下通过） The limbo is a West Indian dance in which you have to pass under a low bar while leaning backwards. The bar is moved nearer to the floor each time you go under it. [the N]

Limbo Place I Isn’t Dance Leaning It’s Clear