status quo
基础篇：meaning: the state of a situation as it is
进阶篇：status quo 是不可数名词，意思是现状。英文中有一些比较常见的拉丁词, status quo 是其中之一，一般会说 the status quo. 它的特点是表意简洁，在口语和写作中都使用这个词，可以体现相当的词汇积累。
There are more people who wish to maintain the status quo than change it. 想要保持现状的人往往比想要改变的人多。
这些政策制定者不愿意轻易改变现状是因为他们在烟草业的既得利益。
These policymakers are reluctant to change the status quo because they have a vested interest in the tobacco industry.
最近两年脱欧一直是《经济学人》报道的重点，因此我们经常可以看到status quo 这个词
Most MPs believe, with reason, that Mrs. Mya's imperfect compromise is worse than the status quo.
经济学人用例：
1) Today liberalism needs to escape its identification with elites and the status quo and rekindle that reforming spirit.
2) Liberal reformers at their best have shared a dissatisfaction with the status quo and determination to attack established interests.
应用篇：
1）翻译：不是每个人都满足于现状
Not everyone is satisfied with the status quo.
2) 造句： 贫富两极分化使得草根阶层很难去改变他们的经济和社会现状。
With the vast and growing social and economic divides in urban China, grassroots feel difficult to change their social and ecomomic status quo.
