It means the same thing, a bad state of affairs.

它的意思一的，一种混乱的状态。

A state of affairs that saw perhaps 5, 000 die from mistreatment.

在种情况下，大约有5000人死于虐待。

Sadly, that state of affairs isn't breaking news.

可悲的，种事件不爆炸性新闻。

To such a state of affairs it is convenient to give the name of progress.

一种情况称之为进步很便当的。

It's not as though that's an inconsistent state of affairs.

不件自相矛盾的事情。

So what is the current state of affairs of garbage treatment in China?

所以中国垃圾处理面临怎的现实情况?

So this is the state of affairs in in the spring or during the planting season.

就春天或者种植季节的情况了。

War is a serious probability between the two traditional enemy states in the present state of affairs.

从目前的形势来看，两个传统上的敌国家再起战端的可能性非常大。

This boy has been hit so many times that violence is practically a normal state of affairs with him.

个孩子挨过不少打，他来说，暴力已经家常便饭了。

First, it proved indubitably that she and her husband occupied separate rooms, in itself a shocking enough state of affairs.

第一，它毋庸置疑地证实她跟分房睡的，本身就骇人听闻的了。

Whether all this is really a tolerable state of affairs may be moot in the British sense of the word.

从英式英语来看，一切否真的可以接受可能仍需商榷。

Indeed, for artificial upwelling to bring about that desirable state of affairs it may not even be necessary to farm seaweed.

事实上，人工上涌要想达到种理想状态，甚至都不需要养殖海草。

He could not explain the true state of affairs without betraying one who certainly deserved little enough consideration at his hands.

他不能既说明实际情况而又不至于出卖肯定值得他认真考虑手下留情的人。

Their commonsense reaction to this state of affairs is to conclude that one historian is right while the other is wrong.

于一种情况，他们的反应通常，认为其中一位历史学家正确的，而另一位错误的。

To me, a radical is simply someone who rebels against the norm or advocates a change in the existing state of affairs.

在我看来，激进分子就那些反抗常规或主张改变现状的人。

But looking at the current state of affairs and where society is going, what they taught us is normal doesn't seem normal anymore.

但看看目前的事态和社会的发展，他们教给我们的正常似乎不再正常了。

At least, given high turnover in the industry, the shift to this state of affairs might mean hiring fewer people, not mass firings.

至少，考虑到销售行业的高流动率，种转变可能意味着雇佣更少的人，而不大规模裁员。

Sure, these guys are very public about their rivalry, but it's also representative of the broader state of affairs right now in big tech.

当然，两家公司他们之间的竞争非常公开，但也代表了大型科技公司目前更广泛的状况。

If this state of affairs continues, eliminating the virus will mean giving drugs to all those infected until they have died of other causes.

如果种情况继续下去，消灭病毒将意味着给所有感染者提供药物，直到他们因其他原因而死亡。

And that's actually more the average state of affairs around the world.

实际上更符合世界各地的平均状况。