Limbo

(n.)

1. a West Indian dance in which you lean backwards and go under a bar which is made lower each time you go under it

林波舞（西印度群岛舞蹈，舞者向后弯腰钻过一次比一次降低的横杆）

2. a situation in which you are not certain what to do next, cannot take action, etc., especially because you are waiting for sb. else to make a decision

（尤指因等待他人作决定）处于不定状态

e.g. the limbo of the stateless person

无国籍人的不安定状态

e.g. His life seemed stuck in limbo; he could not go forward and he could not go back.

他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。

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