limbo

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lim·bo /ˈlɪmbəʊ $ -boʊ/ noun  1  UNCERTAIN[singular, uncountable] a situation in which nothing happens or changes for a long period of time, and it is difficult to make decisions or know what to do, often because you are waiting for something else to happen first 〔常指因等待另一事先发生而所处的〕不确定的状态be in limbo I’m in limbo now until I know whether I’ve got the job. 我现在心中没有着落，要一直到知道自己是否得到那份工作为止。limbo of the limbo of his eight years in jail 他这八年停的牢狱生活2. the limbo APDa West Indian dance in which the dancer leans backwards and goes under a stick that is lowered gradually 林波舞〔一种西印度群岛舞蹈，舞者向后弯腰通过逐步降低的横杆〕

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limbo• Do they wander for ever in limbo?• Goulding's move leaves Wigan's £75,000 scrum half Andy Gregory in limbo with the new season just over a fortnight away.• They - and the enterprises concerned - are now in limbo.• Cops and gangsters alike prefer to see pachinko remain uneasily in limbo.• I felt as if I was in limbo.• Petey and Carol and Lois would be sent into limbo for a little scare.• Toward the same limbo where the Galactic Empire was heading.• Well, how else are we ever going to get out of this limbo?be in limbo• So these three counties are in Limbo.• The firefighters' fate was in limbo after San Francisco assumed control of the island this month.• I felt as if I was in limbo.• Three months later the picture is in limbo, believed still to be in Sotheby's storage.• $900 million worth of grain sales is in limbo while the two countries negotiate a new trade deal.From Longman Business Dictionarylimbolim‧bo /ˈlɪmbəʊ-boʊ/ noun be in limbo to be in an uncertain situation in which it is not clear what will happen nextInvestors in the shares have been left in limbo since the market tailed off.Origin limbo 1. (1300-1400) Medieval Latin Latin limbus “border”2. (1900-2000) LIMBER2

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limbo
lim‧bo /ˈlɪmbəʊ $ -boʊ/ noun1. [singular, uncountable] a situation in which nothing happens or changes for a long period of time, and it is difficult to make decisions or know what to do, often because you are waiting for something else to happen first
    be in limbo
    I’m in limbo now until I know whether I’ve got the job.
    limbo of
    the limbo of his eight years in jail
2. the limbo a West Indian dance in which the dancer leans backwards and goes under a stick that is lowered gradually

limboBrE /ˈlɪmbəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɪmboʊ/ 🔊 noun (

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limbos) [countable] a West Indian dance in which you lean backwards and go under a bar which is made lower each time you go under it 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） [uncountable, singular] 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 （尤指因等待他人作决定）处于不定状态◆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。🔊🔊