status quo ante bellum

名词 n.
/ˌstætəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/|/ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ ˌænti ˈbɛləm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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”).
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