no-man's-land

剑桥词典

[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]
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。
[ 单数名词 ]
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。 返回 no-man's-land