no-man's land

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT No-man's land is an area of land that is not owned or controlled by anyone, for example the area of land between two opposing armies. 无主土地; 无人管辖的地带

  例：

  In Tobruk, leading a patrol in no-man's land, he was blown up by a mortar bomb.

  在图卜鲁格，他领着一支巡逻队在无人地带时，被一枚迫击炮弹击中。

• 2. 

  N-SING If you refer to a situation as a no-man's land between different things, you mean that it seems unclear because it does not fit into any of the categories. (介于两者之间的) 中间状态

  例：

  The play is set in the dangerous no-man's land between youth and adolescence.

  该剧定位于少年和青春期之间的危险的中间年龄段。