status quo ante

短语

[法] 原状, 以前的状态, 旧状

词形变化

status quo antes 复数 status quo antes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state of things as they were before; a preexisting state of affairs.

词源

From the Latin stātus quō ante (“the way things were before”), possibly from stātus quō ante bellum (“the way things were before the war”).

来源：wiktionary