limbo meaning in English
短语和例子
n.
(pl. limbos)
1.【宗教】地狱的外缘〔善良的非基督徒或未受洗礼者的灵魂归宿处〕。
2.监牢,拘禁。
3.丢弃废物的地方;易被疏忽的地方。
4.中间过渡状态[地带]。
n.
林勃舞〔西印度群岛一种特技舞蹈〕。
Examples
- Throughout that night i lay in the purple limbo between sleeping and waking .
我在半睡半醒的缥缈幻境中度过整晚。 - Perhaps in the mansions of limbo the heroes enjoy some such compensation for their loss of the beatific vision .
也许,在悬狱的殿堂里,为了补偿英雄们失去的至福幻象,他们正享受着青春柔情。 - And even now only a few leases have been granted, with ninety percent of applications lost in bureaucratic limbo .
到现在只批准了几件租约,百分之九十的申请都消失在官僚主义的汪洋大海里了。 - Then the whole black phenomenon beneath represented limbo as viewed from the brink by the sublime florentine in his vision .
那时候,那整个混沌窈冥的现象,就是那位超逸卓越的弗劳伦斯人在他的幻想中临崖俯瞰的时候所看到的林苞。 - Management kept her promotion in limbo for months
有好几个月领导将她的升迁之事放置一边