1. 這是個什么詞瓢省？
詞：status quo
英英釋義：the state of a situation as it is
例句：There are more people who wish to maintain the status quo than change it.
2. 為什么選這個詞驴一？
“status quo”是不可數(shù)名詞烤送，意思是“現(xiàn)狀”陵像。英文中有一些比較常見的拉丁詞，status quo 是其中一個，一般會說 the status quo凄硼。它的特點是表意簡潔，在口語和寫作中都使用這個詞匠楚，可以體現(xiàn)相當(dāng)?shù)脑~匯積累巍膘。下面通過幾個例子來掌握這個詞。
想要保持現(xiàn)狀的人往往比想要改變現(xiàn)狀的人多芋簿，就可以說：
There are more people who wish to maintain/preserve/keep the status quo than change it.
這些政策制定者不愿意輕易改變現(xiàn)狀是因為他們在煙草業(yè)有既得利益峡懈，我們就可以說：
The policymakers are reluctant to change the status quo because they have a vested interest in the tobacco industry.
最近兩年英國脫歐一直是《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》報道的重點，因此我們經(jīng)秤虢铮可以看到 status quo 這個詞肪康，比如這句：
Most MPs believe, with reason, that Mrs May’s imperfect compromise is worse than the status quo.
《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》在創(chuàng)刊 175 年紀(jì)念 Essay 中四次用到了 status quo 一詞，比如下面兩例：
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.
3. 怎樣學(xué)會使用這個詞撩穿？
1）翻譯下面的句子：
不是每個人都滿足于現(xiàn)狀磷支。
Not everyone is satisfied with the status quo.
（參考翻譯：Not everyone is satisfied with the status quo. ）
2）結(jié)合自己的生活、學(xué)習(xí)食寡、工作雾狈、興趣等，想象在什么語境下會用到這個表達(dá)抵皱。先簡要描述這個場景善榛，再造句辩蛋。
例子： 戰(zhàn)爭
場景 ：
On occasion, the two have sent soldiers on forays into one another’s territory. But since the feuding neighbors tested nuclear weapons in the late 1990s, neither had dared send fighter jets across the frontier but this week the status quo has changed.
