旋元祐Time时代杂志核心短语 名词短语40： status quo

status quo

现状

status quo是个拉丁文词组，直译成英文是status in which。status quo这个词组十九世纪开始在英文中广泛使 用，通常表示「现状」°偶尔也可以见到status in quo的拼 法，意思相同。

Bush also has less patience with the status quo than his father did. If Bush the elders governing philosophy was “first，do no harm，，，then his son’s is “do something.” (出自：time，NOV. 6，2000，p. 43)

小布什对现状的耐性也不如他父亲。如果说老布什的从政理念是 「首先，不要造成伤害」，他儿子的理念则应该是「要做些事」。