| 词汇 | example_english_limbo |
| 释义 | Examples of limboThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Each limbo, now conceived of as a family homestead, was to use a particular strip of land extending into the hinterland. The concept of complexity thus continues to wander around in limbo between ontology and epistemology. She found living in limbo, neither dead nor alive, unacceptable. Prisoners on parole, of course, might find themselves in limbo waiting for their case to be heard (and it could even be heard in camera). Generally the illustrations are of a symbolic nature and fall into a limbo between the textual prescription and the ceremony of coronation as performed. He manipulates them to create an alternative reality, but his preoccupation with them amounts to an artistic limbo in the modern world. Also, why do some markets seem to linger in a 'limbo' state for a few years-not growing very much but managing to survive? In fact, villagers make a clear distinction in everyday language between inhabited space (the limbo and its fields) and the surrounding wilderness (musenge). The reason is that such sentences do not somehow occur alone, in limbo; they occur as part of a more general theory. Their boundaries might overlap; or leave some areas in a curious limbo unattached to any part of the institutional structure. Researchers pointed out the connections between compulsion, the last-resort mentality and the problem of children left in an emotional limbo. No matter how ethereal they may seem, they do not exist in a timeless limbo but possess determinate antecedents in time and space. In educational terms they have remained in a kind of limbo. The achievement of its electoral goals without new links to government left the association in a sort of functional and political limbo. Rhinelanders, always much impressed by legality, existed in a state of limbo throughout the intervening period. Early colonial rule reinforced the centralizing interests of limbo heads by introducing the formal office of village headman, without greatly intervening in the concentric settlement structure. The task resides instead in a sort of limbo. A limbo was thus part of a network of places continually reproduced by a high degree of mobility, not only of individuals but of entire settlements. The authority of a limbo head, who resided in the village square, was based on claims of descent from the first settler and founder of the village. The status of foreign income dividends is in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, they left it in limbo and, as a result, starved it of investment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least our attitude is becoming clearer, and that is much better for industry than the limbo in which we have been living. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, the mortgage industry is in limbo until it knows whether it is to be covered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As long as that hiatus or state of limbo persists, the problems, the suspicions and the general undermining of local government will likewise persist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Elderly people should not be left in limbo in aging communities that their grandchildren have left to search for work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall certainly not leave it to be dropped into the limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The recommendations made are now floating in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The preferred route has now been published and again the district is placed in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We feel therefore that this disability should be sent to that limbo where all outworn political struggles and religious tensions should be consigned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be no freedom to exist in a limbo state between the two. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are never brought to trial, that puts them in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Prisoners appear to be lodged in an uneasy limbo between the reformers and the security men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will 3,000 be compensated while the others are left in limbo, or will the compensation money be spread more thinly? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Local authorities are in limbo, time is being wasted and children are at risk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we going to open the door to those countries, close the door, or put them into a limbo state for the foreseeable future? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How long must we exist in our present limbo, not knowing whether the regulations that we are approving are wrong or right? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The corporation would find itself in a sort of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may be left for years in a kind of limbo in this position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The company's six-month review has effectively left many employees in a state of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that they have been left in limbo, and something must be done about that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The parties to these agreements are operating in a legal limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Several hundred employees are in limbo; they do not know where their future lies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not in the dark, we are in limbo until this board reports. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He cannot keep them in limbo for ever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that that is one of the serious vices in which we have colluded over the years; namely the uncertainty and limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless the appeal or their application is processed quickly, they are left in a state of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been reduced to living in a cruel limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people who are to be protected by this amendment, if passed, are by definition within that limbo that she tried to describe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no contract for training in those boroughs and all the training schemes are in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In legal disputes we are in triple limbo because embryos are considered as human beings, sort of human or simply property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is important is that the child must have a solid home—it cannot be left in limbo waiting for that to come along. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are at once members and non-members: in other words we are in a state of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Should not a search party be sent out for the passengers who are in official limbo and compensation be given to season ticket holders? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He made a statement to the effect that the gold standard will die and be committed to limbo and never rise again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like the rest of us, they have bills and mortgages to pay, but they have been left in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have dug out of the limbo of forgotten things the names of papers that some of us have never heard of. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope, therefore, that this question will not be pushed into the limbo of forgetfulness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has that fallen into limbo or is it about to be resurrected? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot leave the matter in this embarrassing state of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear that, without such legislation, national park authorities will be left in limbo, neither independent nor strong partners in local government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I share the fears that have been expressed about the potential limbo for matters on which there is a statutory duty to consult. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot risk leaving them in bureaucratic limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want the national parks to be left in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We accept that the proceedings may seem lengthy but it is important that the requesting member state cannot leave its claim in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has, unfortunately, found himself in a kind of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thus, this period of limbo, as it were, should be as short as is absolutely necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are honourable reasons why many of our constituents find themselves in the land of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If not, is not this provision, being entered into solemnly in advance, likely to put some people into limbo, being ultimately stateless persons? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A hiatus could delay a settlement and leave the parties in limbo, particularly where a case is coming up for trial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The family were left in limbo, despite the fact that the father had a responsibility to both children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless that happens, the whole thing is left in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the energy saving requirements and responsibilities which were to be placed upon this industry are now left in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry that this debate is falling into political limbo, as we are already saying goodbye to one another and wishing each other luck. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Children freed from their birth parents but left in a ghastly limbo without an adoptive placement have been denied a basic human right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Colleagues with constituents who are similarly and cruelly stranded in that legislative limbo-land have contacted me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want a regime that allows people to be left in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He seemed to indicate that it existed in a state of limbo—a theological term that he will appreciate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He did not say whether the man had been expelled, but seemed to leave the poor person in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The children and the staff have been living in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They live in a harsh limbo world of refusal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a five-year fiscal limbo into which we cast a substantial group of the population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While waiting for permission to leave, individuals are often left in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He well knows that uncertainty exists in the shipbuilding and particularly the ship repairing companies which will be left in a state of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, 12 months of limbo will do nothing for confidence in the industry at any level—from the boardroom to the studio floor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I made clear that it should be an interim committee for the period in which the arrangements are in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since then, the rest of the staff has been left in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that is not the reason for the delay, what accounts for the extraordinary limbo in which science strategy now finds itself? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot leave it in limbo for ever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, the directive itself is seriously flawed and, if introduced, would create a legislative limbo for tobacco advertising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that they will not disappear into limbo but that we shall have regular reports from them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we are in a state of limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The document was stuck in a procedural limbo and the scrutiny process could not be completed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we ought to leave this matter in the limbo of past and forgotten things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has disappeared into limbo and nothing has been heard about him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I trust, relegate the old tactics to the limbo of the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those schemes have now been relegated to the limbo of lost rubbish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposal amounts to pushing disabled people back into a grey limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot have people suffering unduly because they are held in limbo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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