no-man's-land

美 [ˈnoʊ mænz lænd]英 [ˈnəʊ mænz lænd]
  • n.(两军之间的)无人地带;(边境的)无人区域
no-man's-landno-man's-land

noun

U sing.(边境的)无人区域;(两军之间的)无人地带
an area of land between the borders of two countries or between two armies, that is not controlled by either

  1. We and the Germans trudged through the mud and met in the middle of no-man 's-land .

    我们和德国人一起走过了泥地,在不属于任何一方的中间地带会面。

  2. The soldiers put down their guns and went into no-man 's-land to exchange gifts , sing songs , and yes , play football .

    士兵们放下枪杆,走出壕沟,在无人区和敌人互换礼物,一起唱歌,对了,还有一起踢足球。

  3. Kucherena said the paperwork is not yet ready and that Snowden will remain in the no-man 's-land of the airport transit area for the time-being .

    库克莉娜表示文书工作还没有准备好,而且斯诺登将仍然在机场中转的无人区域等候。

  4. Once the central hub of Berlin , before it was turned into a rubble-strewn no-man 's-land divided by the Wall , it is now surrounded by shiny new towers .

    作为昔日柏林的中心枢纽(其后沦为被柏林墙一分为二、碎石散落的死亡地带),波茨坦广场四周正环绕着许多金光闪闪地大楼。

  5. Volvo has long been the nearly man of the premium carmakers , caught in price in the no-man 's-land between mass-market and luxury manufacturers and selling only about a quarter of the number of cars as the Germans .

    长期以来,沃尔沃在一众高端汽车制造商中间都不太出类拔萃,其价格处于大众车型与豪华车型之间的“无人地带”,销量则只有这些德国品牌的大约四分之一。