the situation as it is now, or as it was before a recent change 现状;原来的状况 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 They wanted a return to the status quo before the war. 他们想回到战前的状况。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + status quo- defend
- keep
- maintain
- …
- a return to the status quo
Word OriginLatin, literally ‘the state in which’.