[げんじょうひてい, genjouhitei] (n) refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Status in quo \Sta"tus in` quo"\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s [i^]n` kw[=o]"),
Status quo \Sta"tus quo"\ (st[=a]"t[u^]s kw[=o]").[L., state in
which.]
The state in which anything is already. The phrase is also
used retrospectively, as when, on a treaty of peace, matters
return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in statu
quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before
the war. The form status quo is in most common use.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
status quo
n 1: the existing state of affairs
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
