| 词汇 | limbo |
| 释义 | limbo noun uk /ˈlɪm.bəʊ/ us /ˈlɪm.boʊ/ limbonoun (RELIGION)[ U ] religion specialized(alsoLimbo) the place between heaven and hell to which Roman Catholics believe that the spirits of dead children who have not been baptized go: Limbo is the theological belief that children who die before being baptized are suspended in a space between heaven and hell. In 1905 Pope Pius X declared that children who die without baptism go into limbo, where they do not enjoy God, but they do not suffer either. Religious concepts: Heaven Elysian heaven heavenly high on highidiom paradise perdition purgatory the pearly gates Zion limbonoun (UNCERTAINTY)[ C or U ] an uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement: 悬而未决；停滞不前 Until we have official permission to go ahead with the plans we're in limbo.在该计划得到正式批准之前，我们一直处于停滞状态。 We felt that we were left in limbo wondering what was happening. The prison camp was a kind of juridical limbo where people could be held indefinitely without trial. Uncertainty amorphous be neither fish nor fowlidiom blurringly blurry circumstantial indeterminacy indeterminate indeterminately insecurely insecurity murky shakiness shallowly slippery spec squishy wavery wifty wishy-washy you never knowidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Doubt & ambivalence limbonoun (DANCE)[ C or U ] a dance from the West Indies in which the dancer bends backwards to go under a low bar that is made lower each time he or she goes under it: 林波舞（源自西印度群岛，舞者向后弯腰钻过逐次降低的横杆） She was teaching her dad how to do the limbo. Try doing a limbo under a really low wire. There was a bit of limbo dancing going on. NurPhoto/GettyImages Dance & choreography arabesque backing dancer backspin backup dancer ballerina cut a rugidiom dabbing dance dance studio dance to something moonwalking morris dance morris dancer morris dancing mosh throw shapesidiom tights toe shoe tutu twerk limbo | Business Englishlimbo noun[ U ] uk /ˈlɪmbəʊ/us an uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement: Until we've got official permission to go ahead with the plans we will remain in limbo. bureaucratic/political/legal limbo Examples of limbolimbo 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. See all examples of limbo 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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