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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
state of affairs
the general state of things;
the combination of circumstances at a given time (Freq. 1)
- the present international situation is dangerous
- wondered how such a state of affairs had come about
- "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
• Syn:
situation
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
absurd, the absurd, acceptance, ballgame, new ballgame,
challenge, childlessness, complication, crowding, disequilibrium, element,
environment, equilibrium, exclusion, goldfish bowl, fish bowl, fishbowl,
hotbed, inclusion, intestacy, picture, scene, prison,
prison, rejection, size, size of it, square one,
status quo, thing
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