Status Quo 不只是用來形容人,還可以形容事情,環境,部門。
Status Quo:
發音:英 [?ste?t?s ?kw?] ,美 [?ste?t?s ?kwo?]。
詞性:名詞。
翻譯:現狀,原來的狀況。
例句1:They have no wish for any change in the status quo。
翻譯:他們不想改變現狀。?
例句2:Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo。 ?
翻譯:政府的壹些部門可能正在作出改變,但是其他部門卻執意維護現狀。?
擴展資料
同是現狀,它和present situation;,current situation;,existing circumstances的區別:
1、present situation主要指現在的形勢,局勢。
例句:This could be an advance on the present situation。 ?
翻譯:這樣可能會改善當前狀況。?
2、current situation主要指持續性的狀態,多用在對世界國家等局勢上。
例句:The current situation is very different to that in 1990。
翻譯:當前的形勢與1990年截然不同。?
3、existing circumstances已經發生的事情,導致的情況和現狀。
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。
翻譯:他也說,他非常抱歉沒有能力阻止日本向美國開戰,在當時情況下,他實在是無能為力。?