音标:['limbәu] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 地狱边缘, 监狱, 忘却
[法] 监狱, 拘禁, 忘却
n. an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
n. (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
词型变化:名词复数形式 : limbos
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limbo的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Israel is in political limbo today.以色列今天陷入政治僵局。
  2. I'm in limbo, waiting to know if I've got the job or not.我心神不定,等着知道是否已得到了那份工作。
  3. 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。
  4. Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of.要进监狱,还得另打主意。

词汇搭配

  • Gumbo-limbo virus冈姆博林姆博病毒...

经典引文

  • Legally, the Irish occupy a curious limbo.

    出自:E. Huxley
  • A fever that..left him in a limbo between reason and unreason.

    出自:U. Le Guin
  • Hav remained in a kind of limbo until..the League of Nations declared its mandate.

    出自:Jan Morris
  • These prisoners are totally in limbo..No one is responsible for their welfare.

    出自:Independent
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