A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
状态
Status
The status quo sucks.
现状糟透了。
Eat not cherries with the great.
不要和大人物一起吃樱桃。
A king's face should show grace.
国王的面容应该显示出优雅。
Noble birth is a poor dish at table.
高贵的出身是餐桌上的一道菜。
Eggplants do not grow on melon vines.
茄子不长在瓜藤上。
The status quo is simply unacceptable.
现状简直不可接受。
The clog and amida are both from the same piece of wood.
木屐和阿弥陀佛都来自同一块木头。
The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.
维持现状是唯一不能被否决的解决方案。
Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.
一切都在变化,包括现状。
Status quo, you know, that is Latin for "'the mess we're in."
现状,你知道,那是拉丁语,意思是“我们所处的困境”。
The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.
我们能做的最冒险的事情就是维持现状。
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
管理者接受现状;领导者挑战它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The bean paste that smells like bean paste is not the best quality.
闻起来像豆瓣酱的豆瓣酱不是最好的。
Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.
记住,社会进步只发生在那些在社会的特权阶级选择放弃他们的地位。
When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn't see it. He can't. He's average and is surrounded by and immersed in the cant and discourse of the status quo.
当一种文化中发生了非常糟糕的事情时,一般人不会察觉。他不能。他是一个平庸的人,被现状的空洞和话语所包围和淹没。
I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and change it?
我看着每一家公司,问他们,这种情况能持续多久?我如何确定现状并改变它?
I always stare at your status message and wonder, "Is this one about me?"
我总是盯着你的状态信息想, “这是关于我的吗?”
In an online community, there's this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that's a good website that's visited a lot, but there's no real gameplay there.
在网络社区中,社区成员之间存在着这种社会经济。有些人拥有身份是因为他们制作了很酷的皮肤,或者那是一个访问量很大的好网站,但那里没有真正的游戏玩法。