名詞 limbo:

1. the state of being disregarded or forgotten
   同義詞：oblivion
2. an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
3. (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)

1. By not specifying today which of the21 plants would be closed, Mr.Stempel put the lives of thousands of workers in limbo.
   由于斯坦普爾先生今天未指明在21個(gè)廠中關(guān)閉哪一個(gè)，使得數(shù)千工人的生活沒有著落。
2. Management kept her promotion in limbo for months.
   有好幾個(gè)月領(lǐng)導(dǎo)將她的升遷之事放置一邊
3. I'm in limbo, waiting to know if I've got the job or not.
   我心神不定，等著知道是否已得到了那份工作。

limbo

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 lim.bos
Often Limbo Theology The abode of just or innocent souls excluded from the beatific vision but not condemned to further punishment.
常作 Limbo 【神學(xué)】 地獄的邊境：不能進(jìn)入天堂的正直或無辜的靈魂所在地，他們不會(huì)受到進(jìn)一步的懲罰
A region or condition of oblivion or neglect:
遺忘，忘卻：遺忘或忽視的區(qū)域或狀況：
例句：
Management kept her promotion in limbo for months.
有好幾個(gè)月領(lǐng)導(dǎo)將她的升遷之事放置一邊

A state or place of confinement.
監(jiān)獄：監(jiān)禁的狀態(tài)或地方
An intermediate place or state.
中間過渡地帶，不安定的狀態(tài)

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Medieval Latin (in) limbô [(in) Limbo] [ablative of] limbus [Limbo]
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 (in) limbô [（在）地獄的邊境] [] limbus的奪格 [地獄的邊境]
from Latin [border]
源自 拉丁語 [邊境]

<注釋>Our use of the wordlimbo to refer to states of oblivion, confinement, or transition is derived from the theological sense ofLimbo as a place where souls remain that cannot enter heaven, for example, unbaptized infants.Limbo in Roman Catholic theology is located on the border of Hell, which explains the name chosen for it.The Latin wordlimbus, having meanings such as .an ornamental border to a fringe. and .a band or girdle,. was chosen by Christian theologians of the Middle Ages to denote this border region.English borrowed the wordlimbus directly, but the formlimbo that caught on in English, first recorded in a work composed around 378,is from the ablative form oflimbus, the form that would be used in expressions such asin limbô, .in Limbo..
我們用limbo 這個(gè)詞指被忘卻、監(jiān)禁或過渡的狀態(tài)， 此用法源于Limbo 的神學(xué)含義， 指那些不能升入天堂的靈魂（如未受洗的兒童）所在地。Limbo 在羅馬天主教的教義中指位于地獄的邊境， 這也是為什么選這個(gè)詞指地獄的邊境的原因。拉丁詞limbus 有諸如.流蘇或穗狀的裝飾性花邊.和.嵌條或腰帶.的意思， 中世紀(jì)的基督教神學(xué)家選用這個(gè)詞來指這種邊界地區(qū)。英語直接借用了limbus 這個(gè)詞， 但出現(xiàn)于英語中的limbo 這種形式， 首次記載于378年左右完成的作品中，它源自limbus 的奪格形式， 這種用法是在短語in limbo 中出現(xiàn)的，意思是.在地獄的邊界地區(qū).

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n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 lim.bos
A West Indian dance in which the dancers keep bending over backward and passing under a pole that is lowered slightly each time.
林波舞：一種西印度群島的舞蹈，舞者須向后仰并穿過一支水平桿，每次都要比前一次仰得更低

來源：
[Probably ultimately of African origin]
[可能源于非洲的]