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单词 status quo ante
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Definition of status quo ante in English:

status quo ante

noun kwəʊ ˈantiˈstātəs kwō ˈantē
usually the status quo ante

  • The previously existing state of affairs.

    过去状况，原来状况

    a reversion to the status quo ante
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's contemplated on the basis of principles that will not allow a return to the status quo ante.
    • We then reversed the District Court and directed it to ‘restore the status quo ante with respect to the $6.4 million.’
    • Those restrictions remained in force despite efforts to have them lifted and to have the military status quo ante at Strovilia restored.
    • The Eritrean forces remain in Ethiopian land despite the Ethiopian government's consistent calls for their withdrawal and for a full return to the status quo ante that prevailed prior to 6 May 1998.
    • On the other hand the status quo ante the Oslo Accords is looking pretty good now.
    • After about the bazillionth time that Condoleezza Rice said status quo ante on Meet the Press, I wanted to personally perform some dental work on her, sans anesthetic, Marathon Man style.
    • If the refusal to bargain also includes unilateral action by the employer, the remedy usually includes restoration of the status quo ante and the employees are made whole for the loss of any benefits.
    • Condoleezza Rice made it plain to Mahmoud Abbas that the United States would not accept a return to the status quo ante after the attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas this summer.
    • As a remedy, the Judge recommended, among other things, a return to the status quo ante with regard to the change in the staffing requirement.

Origin

Latin, literally 'the state in which before'.

Definition of status quo ante in US English:

status quo ante

nounˈstātəs kwō ˈantē
usually the status quo rate

  • The previously existing state of affairs.

    过去状况，原来状况

    a reversion to the status quo ante
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Condoleezza Rice made it plain to Mahmoud Abbas that the United States would not accept a return to the status quo ante after the attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas this summer.
    • After about the bazillionth time that Condoleezza Rice said status quo ante on Meet the Press, I wanted to personally perform some dental work on her, sans anesthetic, Marathon Man style.
    • The Eritrean forces remain in Ethiopian land despite the Ethiopian government's consistent calls for their withdrawal and for a full return to the status quo ante that prevailed prior to 6 May 1998.
    • As a remedy, the Judge recommended, among other things, a return to the status quo ante with regard to the change in the staffing requirement.
    • Those restrictions remained in force despite efforts to have them lifted and to have the military status quo ante at Strovilia restored.
    • We then reversed the District Court and directed it to ‘restore the status quo ante with respect to the $6.4 million.’
    • On the other hand the status quo ante the Oslo Accords is looking pretty good now.
    • If the refusal to bargain also includes unilateral action by the employer, the remedy usually includes restoration of the status quo ante and the employees are made whole for the loss of any benefits.
    • It's contemplated on the basis of principles that will not allow a return to the status quo ante.

Origin

Latin, literally ‘the state in which before’.
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