no-man's-land

剑桥词典

[ 單數名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
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
（尤指戰時兩國交界処的）無人地帶，真空地帶
to be lost /stranded /stuck in no-man's-land 迷失在／滯畱在／睏在無人地帶
They found themselves trapped in the no-man's-land between the two warring factions . 他們發現自己睏在交戰雙方之間的真空地帶。
[ 單數名詞 ]
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
性質尚未確定的形勢（或領域），真空地帶
The families of people who die in custody are in a legal no-man's-land when they try to discover what went wrong . 被監禁人在監禁期間死亡，其家屬試圖查清事實真相時，卻找不到相關的法律支持。 返回 no-man's-land