If you say that someone or something is in limbo, you mean that they are in a situation where they seem to be caught between two stages and it is unclear what will happen next.
例句
I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead. I felt as if I was in limbo...我不知道家人是生是死，感覺自己茫然無措。The negotiations have been in limbo since mid-December.從12月中旬開始談判就一直處于停滯狀態。
N-SING
林波舞（西印度群島的一種舞蹈，舞者需后仰，從離地越來越近的桿下通過）
The limbo is a West Indian dance in which you have to pass under a low bar while leaning backwards. The bar is moved nearer to the floor each time you go under it.
英漢詞典釋義
n.
處于不穩定(或中間過渡)狀態
We’re in limbo at the moment because we’ve finished our work in this country and now we’re waiting for our next contract.我們目前正處于斷檔期，因為我們在這個國家的工作已經完成，正在等待下一個合同。Our plans for buying a flat in Spain are in limbo at the moment.我們在西班牙購置一套公寓的計劃目前被擱置。Neither party accepted her, so she was in limbo.兩黨都不承認她,所以她遭到忽略。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the state of being disregarded or forgotten
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)