status quo ante
英 美
The United States, it was believed, had no status quo ante.
人们认为，美国没有维持现状。
These people have now glimpsed freedom, and they aren likely to forget it and revert to their status quo ante.
这些人民现在看到了自由，他们不可能忘记，再重新回到过去的状态。
The goal was to restore the status quo ante, the golden age, not to surpass it, because it could not be surpassed.
其目标是恢复以前的状态，即黄金时代，而不是超越它，因为它不可能被超越。
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