景德镇瓷器
Status Quo 不只是用来形容人，还可以形容事情，环境，部门。
Status Quo：
发音：英 [ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwəʊ] ，美 [ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ]。
词性：名词。
翻译：现状，原来的状况。
例句1：They have no wish for any change in the status quo。
翻译：他们不想改变现状。
例句2：Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo。
翻译：政府的一些部门可能正在作出改变，但是其他部门却执意维护现状。
扩展资料
同是现状，它和present situation;，current situation;，existing circumstances的区别：
1、present situation主要指现在的形势，局势。
例句：This could be an advance on the present situation。
翻译：这样可能会改善当前状况。
2、current situation主要指持续性的状态，多用在对世界国家等局势上。
例句：The current situation is very different to that in 1990。
翻译：当前的形势与1990年截然不同。
3、existing circumstances已经发生的事情，导致的情况和现状。
例句：He also said that he was very sorry not to have had the power to prevent Japan from making war against the United States, but that under the existing circumstances there was little that he could do。
翻译：他也说，他非常抱歉没有能力阻止日本向美国开战，在当时情况下，他实在是无能为力。
民辉窗帘布艺
status quo n. 释义：the state of a situation as it is 例① 想要保持现状的人往往比想要改变现状的人多。 There are more people who wish to maintain/preserve/keep the status quo than change it. 例② 这些政策制定者不愿意轻易改变现状是因为他们在烟草业有既得利益。 The policymakers are reluctant to change the status quo because they have a vested interest in the tobacco industry. 例③ 最近两年英国脱欧一直是《经济学人》报道的重点，因此我们经常可以看到 status quo 这个词。 Most MPs believe, with reason, that Mrs May’s imperfect compromise is worse than the status quo. 例④《经济学人》在创刊 175 年纪念 Essay 中四次用到了 status quo 一词，比如下面两例： a) Today liberalism needs to escape its identification with elites and the status quo and rekindle that reforming spirit. b) Liberal reformers at their best have shared a dissatisfaction with the status quo and a determination to attack established interests. 翻译：不是每个人都满足于现状。 Not everyone is content with the status quo. （参考翻译：Not everyone is satisfied with the status quo. ）
tastebytaste
status quo不仅仅可以用来形容人，还可以用来形容环境、事件、性质等，在中文中翻译为现状，词性为名词，英英释义为‘the existing state of affairs’。
发音：英[ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwəʊ]；美[ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ]
使用方法：作名词使用，一般在前面加定冠词the，无固定搭配、词组。
例句1：By 492 votes to 391, the federation voted to maintain the status quo.
例句1翻译：联邦以492票对391票的投票结果决定维持现状。
例句2：I was chosen to be a person who does not meet the status quo.
例句2翻译：我就是一个不满足现状的人。
扩展资料：
同是“状况”，status，state，circumstance，condition和situation在语义上的区别：
1、status：某个阶段呈现的状态。
例句：The council unanimously directed city staff to prepare a status report on the project.
翻译：该委员会成员一致要求市政人员准备一份关于这项工程的进展状况报告。
2、state ：做某事所存在的状态。
例句：When you left our place, you weren't in a fit state to drive.
翻译：你离开我们家时，你的状态不适合开车。
3、circumstance ：导致某事发生的情况，导致某问题发生的先决条件。
例句：Obviously we can't deal with the problem until we know all the circumstances.
翻译：显然，我们只有了解全部情况后才能处理这问题。
4、condition ：持续性的状态。
例句：They left the flat in a terrible condition - there was mess everywhere.
翻译：他们把公寓弄得一团糟——到处一片狼藉。
5、situation ：指明确具体的环境情况或处境，侧重事态。
例句：Her news put me in a difficult situation.
翻译：她的消息让我陷入困难的境地。
