liminal

The cathedral entrance was understood as a liminal space marking the boundary between sacred and profane.大教堂的入口被理解为一个标记神圣与世俗之间界限的过渡性空间。

The novel is set in the liminal period between the end of empire and the beginning of independence.这部小说以帝国结束与独立开始之间的过渡时期为背景。