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no-man's-land
noun
uk /ˈnəʊ.mænz.lænd/ us /ˈnoʊ.mænz.lænd/
[ S or U ]
an area or strip of land that no one owns or controls, such as a strip of land between two countries' borders, especially in a war: （尤指战时两国交界处的）无人地带，真空地带
to be lost/stranded/stuck in no-man's-land迷失在／滞留在／困在无人地带
They found themselves trapped in the no-man's-land between the two warring factions.他们发现自己困在交战双方之间的真空地带。
[ S ]
a situation or area of activity where there are no rules, or that no one understands or controls because it belongs neither to one type nor another: 性质尚未确定的形势（或领域），真空地带
The families of people who die in custody are in a legal no-man's-land when they try to discover what went wrong.被监禁人在监禁期间死亡，其家属试图查清事实真相时，却找不到相关的法律支持。
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no-man's-land | American Dictionary
no-man's-land
noun[ Cusually sing ]
us/ˈnoʊ ˌmænz ˌlænd/
an area or strip of land that no one owns or controls, such as a strip of land between two countries’ borders
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