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liminal + noun
liminal 常作定语，修饰阶段、空间、时期等名词。
The liminal stage of the ceremony lasted three days.
仪式的阈限阶段持续了三天。
阈限的；临界的
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阈限的；临界的
Of or relating to a threshold; being at or near a boundary or limit.
The liminal stage of the ceremony lasted three days.
仪式的阈限阶段持续了三天。
关于入口或门槛的。
Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
处于两种或多种状态之间的过渡状态,既不属于前者也不属于后者；既不明确属于某一特定状态或类别,也不明确处于其外。
Pertaining to or in a state that is in-between or transitional between two (or more) other states, while belonging to neither; pertaining to or in a state such as to be neither definitively in a particular other state or category nor definitively outside it.
关于过程的开始或初始阶段的。
Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process.
The moment between sleeping and waking is a liminal state that many poets describe.
睡与醒之间的时刻是一种阈限状态，许多诗人都曾描写过。
She felt she was in a liminal space, neither fully a student nor an adult.
她觉得自己处于一个阈限空间，既不完全算是学生，也不完全是成年人。
Rituals often mark the liminal period between childhood and adulthood.
仪式常常标记童年与成年之间的阈限时期。
liminal 常作定语，修饰阶段、空间、时期等名词。
The liminal stage of the ceremony lasted three days.
仪式的阈限阶段持续了三天。
liminal 作表语时，主语常为身份、状态等抽象名词。
Her status as a temporary worker was liminal.
她作为临时工的身份处于阈限状态。
常与 between...and... 搭配，强调介于两个端点之间的临界性。
Adolescence is liminal between childhood and adulthood.
青春期处于童年与成年之间的阈限状态。
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阈限空间（过渡性的中间地带）
For many travelers, the airport is a liminal space between home and abroad.
对许多旅行者来说，机场是家与异乡之间的阈限空间。
阈限状态；过渡状态
The ceremony marks the liminal state between childhood and adulthood.
这一仪式标志着童年与成年之间的阈限状态。
阈限阶段；过渡阶段
Anthropologists study the liminal phase in rites of passage.
人类学家研究通过仪式中的阈限阶段。
过渡时刻
We are living through a liminal moment in the country's history.
我们正经历该国历史上的一个过渡时刻。
临界地带；过渡区域
The coastline is a liminal zone where land meets sea.
海岸线是陆海相接的临界地带。
阈限空间；过渡空间
The airport is a liminal space between home and destination.
机场是连接家与目的地之间的阈限空间。
阈限状态；过渡状态
In the liminal state between sleep and waking, ideas often surface.
在半睡半醒的阈限状态下，想法常常浮现。
阈限时刻；转折瞬间
Graduation is a liminal moment between student life and adulthood.
毕业是介于学生生活和成年之间的阈限时刻。
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联想 liminal 与 limit（界限）发音相近，想象自己站在门槛上，处于临界、阈限的状态。
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、心理学与人类学文献、文学批评 liminal 表示“阈限的、临界状态的”，多用于学术或正式语境，如心理学、人类学和文学批评；日常口语中比较少用。
发音相同：criminal (/ˈkrɪmɪnəl/) 和 subliminal (/ˌsʌbˈlɪmɪnəl/) 与 liminal (/ˈlɪmɪnəl/) 的重读元音及后续发音相同（/ɪmɪnəl/），可视为同韵。注意：final、seminal、terminal、marginal 拼写都以 -inal 结尾，但重读元音不同（/faɪ-, sɛ-, tɜːr-, mɑːr-/），因此只是形似，发音不押韵。
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