adj.
【心】阈的;阈限的;处于意识边缘的;勉强感觉得到的
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||1: THE music of “Einstein on the Beach” is so grand and epic—yet so mesmerising and repetitive—that it feels as if it were the soundscape of a dream.||2:Indeed, much of this odd and wondrous opera, the work of Philip Glass and Robert Wilson, with some transcendent choreography from Lucinda Childs, seems to inhabit a liminal space, eerie and otherworldly.||3:Clocking in at nearly five hours without an interval (viewers can come and go as they please), the production is less a work of entertainment than an experience.
||1:“沙滩上的爱因斯坦”的音乐如史诗般宏伟壮丽——同时循环重复,引人入胜——让人有置身梦中之感。||2:这部由菲利普·格拉斯和罗伯特·威尔逊共同创作,经露辛达·蔡尔兹出色编排的奇特而绝妙的歌剧,在很大程度上仿佛令人真的来到了一个奇异的超凡的朦胧世界。||3:演出时间几乎五个小时,中间没有休息(观众可以随意进出)。观赏这部作品与其说是娱乐,倒不如说是一种体验。
adjective
1.Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.
‘No other calling I know requires such repeated presence at the _liminal_ places of human life - hospital rooms, funeral parlors, homeless streets, and more.’
‘These two gestures tie the building to its context, the restaurant’s corner placing and angular stance making it more _liminal_ : a transitional space between hospital and outside world.’
2.Relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.
‘Through a ritual process, centered upon a _liminal_ stage of revelation and testing, the evangelist shows Jesus’ true identity as a holy man, capable of brokering God’s patronage on his people.’
‘We are in this transitional, _liminal_ phase, of waiting to see what are the appropriate questions to be asking about human possibility and about the human condition.’
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