汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 三不管
三不管
of undetermined status / unregulated
地名。旧指天津市的南市。清末天津日法租界初开,该地尚荒僻,两国领事馆无权管辖,中国地方官署亦置之不管,故称三不管。 今泛指没人管的地方或事情为三不管。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

在纽约,曾经也有三不管地带。

New York once had its own ungoverned zones.

没有目前已经有超过一万个冰冻胚胎泡在液态氧里,卡在一个冰冻的三不管地带,而它们的父母还在研究如何选择。

There are already 10,000 frozen embryos floating around in liquid-nitrogen baths in the U. S. , stuck in a kind of icy limbo as their would-be parents sort out the options.