status quo ante bellum

短语

发音

US /ˌstætəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/
US /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A situation as it existed prior to the war (often implying the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of pre-war leadership, so that no side gains or loses any rights or territory as a result of the war).

    return to the status quo ante bellum

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin status quō ante bellum (literally “situation as it existed before the war”).

来源：wiktionary