status quo

US [ˌsteɪtəs 'kwəʊ]
UK [ˌsteɪtəs 'kwəʊ]
  • n.现状；原来的状况
  • Web维持现状；现状乐团；改变现状

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status quo
n.
1.
现状；原来的状况the situation as it is now, or as it was before a recent change
to defend/restore the status quo
维持现状；恢复原来的状况
conservatives who want to maintain the status quo
想维持现状的保守派

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The resolution, Rice said, lays the foundation for a durable cease-fire and a decisive change from the status quo that produced the war.
赖斯指出，这项决议为实现持久停火并根本改变导致战争爆发的现有局面奠定了基础。
lài sī zhǐ chū , zhè xiàng jué yì wèi shí xiàn chí jiǔ tíng huǒ bìng gēn běn gǎi biàn dǎo zhì zhàn zhēng bào fā de xiàn yǒu jú miàn diàn dìng le jī chǔ 。
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As the only company in Henan International Airport, Zhengzhou airport the status quo is often "food" , passengers need to upgrade.
作为河南的唯一一家国际机场，郑州机场的现状是经常“吃不饱”，客流量极需提升。
zuò wéi hé nán de wéi yī yì jiā guó jì jī chǎng , zhèng zhōu jī chǎng de xiàn zhuàng shì jīng cháng " chī bù bǎo " , kè liú liàng jí xū tí shēng 。
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Preferring to stick to the status quo when faced with unexpected upheaval tends to lead to a sense of helplessness and distress.
当面临意想不到的剧变，你喜欢坚持现状，这往往会引起一种无助感、悲伤感。
dāng miàn lín yì xiǎng bú dào de jù biàn , nǐ xǐ huan jiān chí xiàn zhuàng , zhè wǎng wǎng huì yǐn qǐ yī zhǒng wú zhù gǎn 、 bēi shāng gǎn 。
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Disarmament by the status quo nuclear powers may make it easy to patch it up. But don't get carried away.
现有的核国家进行核裁军，可能会使修补该条约变得容易。
xiàn yǒu de hé guó jiā jìn xíng hé cái jūn , kě néng huì shǐ xiū bǔ gāi tiáo yuē biàn de róng yì 。
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Though the central bank now seems to suggest the status quo will continue, it would be odd for China to flag any move on the yuan.
尽管央行现在看来暗示将继续保持现状，但对中国而言，表明任何人民币汇率方面的举动均不寻常。
jǐn guǎn yāng háng xiàn zài kàn lái àn shì jiāng jì xù bǎo chí xiàn zhuàng , dàn duì zhōng guó ér yán , biǎo míng rèn hé rén mín bì huì lǜ fāng miàn de jǔ dòng jūn bù xún cháng 。
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6.
Twenty-four years Guangxu (1898), Guangxu Emperor of China's backward view of the status quo, ready to carry out the reform of capitalism.
光绪二十四年（1898年），光绪帝有感于中国的落后现状，准备进行资本主义改革。
guāng xù èr shí sì nián ( yī bā jiǔ bā nián ) , guāng xù dì yǒu gǎn yú zhōng guó de luò hòu xiàn zhuàng , zhǔn bèi jìn xíng zī běn zhǔ yì gǎi gé 。
blog.sina.com.cn
7.
hinting instead that Britons would be given a choice between the status quo and a more detached relationship.
相反，他却暗示称英国人应该在当前现状和一种更为独立的关系之间做出选择
xiāng fǎn , tā què àn shì chēng yīng guó rén yīng gāi zài dāng qián xiàn zhuàng hé yī zhǒng gèng wéi dú lì de guān xì zhī jiān zuò chū xuǎn zé
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Viewed in that light, yesterday's vote for change looks more like an attempt to preserve the status quo by other means.
这样看来，周日支持变革的大选结果更像是以其它方式维持现状的一种尝试。
zhè yàng kàn lái , zhōu rì zhī chí biàn gé de dà xuǎn jié guǒ gèng xiàng shì yǐ qí tā fāng shì wéi chí xiàn zhuàng de yī zhǒng cháng shì 。
www.ftchinese.com
9.
However, as the domestic scene a decade ago, she amazing voice and she did not change the status quo.
然而做为十年前国内歌坛，她惊人的歌喉并没有改变她的现状。
rán ér zuò wéi shí nián qián guó nèi gē tán , tā jīng rén de gē hóu bìng méi yǒu gǎi biàn tā de xiàn zhuàng 。
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10.
But I can tell you that the wrong answer is to pretend like this problem will go away if we maintain an unsustainable status quo.
但我可以告诉你们，错误的答案是，如果我们维持这个无法持续的现状，似乎这个问题会自动消失。
dàn wǒ kě yǐ gào su nǐ men , cuò wù de dá àn shì , rú guǒ wǒ men wéi chí zhè ge wú fǎ chí xù de xiàn zhuàng , sì hū zhè ge wèn tí huì zì dòng xiāo shī 。
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