| 单词 | state of affairs |
| 释义 | state of affairs (once / 1299 pages) n WORD FAMILY state of affairs: states of affairs USAGE EXAMPLESEarlier this week we relayed a story about the troubling state of affairs facing the Olympic golf course in Rio. Golf Digest(Nov 30, 2016) This relatively happy state of affairs will not, however, endure. The New Yorker(Sep 26, 2016) That a 50-something journalist quitting to become a maths teacher is front page news is not “an optimal state of affairs,” she adds. Economist(Nov 24, 2016) n the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time wondered how such a state of affairs had come about Syn|Hypo|Hyper situation absurd, the absurd a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless acceptancethe state of being acceptable and accepted ballgame, new ballgamea particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation challengea demanding or stimulating situation childlessnessthe condition of being without offspring complicationa situation or condition that is complex or confused crowdinga situation in which people or things are crowded together disequilibriumloss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others elementthe situation in which you are happiest and most effective environmentthe totality of surrounding conditions equilibriuma stable situation in which forces cancel one another exclusionthe state of being excluded fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowla state of affairs in which you have no privacy hotbeda situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad) inclusionthe state of being included intestacythe situation of being or dying without a legally valid will picture, scenea situation treated as an observable object prison, prison housea prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement rejectionthe state of being rejected size, size of itthe actual state of affairs square onethe situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail status quothe existing state of affairs thinga special situation congestion, over-crowdingexcessive crowding balancea state of equilibrium balance of poweran equilibrium of power between nations dynamic balance(aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced homeostasis(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes isostasy(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust Nash equilibrium(game theory) a stable state of a system that involves several interacting participants in which no participant can gain by a change of strategy as long as all the other participants remain unchanged poisea state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium thermal equilibriuma state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature imbalance, instability, unbalancea lack of balance or state of disequilibrium voguea current state of general acceptance and use acknowledgement, acknowledgment, recognitionthe state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged approval, favorable reception, favourable receptionacceptance as satisfactory acceptationacceptance as true or valid content, contentednessthe state of being contented with your situation in life acquiescenceacceptance without protest welcomethe state of being welcome apostasy, defection, renunciationthe state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) disfavor, disfavourthe state of being out of favor censure, exclusion, excommunicationthe state of being excommunicated reprobationrejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell embracethe state of taking in or encircling encompassmentincluding entirely Coventry, banishment, ostracismthe state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) debarmentthe state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) circumstance, context, settingthe set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event ecologythe environment as it relates to living organisms background, scope, settingthe state of the environment in which a situation exists homean environment offering affection and security milieu, surroundingsthe environmental condition area, arena, domain, field, orbit, spherea particular environment or walk of life streetthe streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction state the way something is with respect to its main attributes |
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