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

它的意思是一样的，一种混乱的状态。

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

可悲的是，这种事件不是爆炸性新闻。

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

在这种情况下，大约有5000人死于虐待。

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

这不是件自相矛盾的事情。

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

所以中国垃圾处理面临怎样的现实情况?

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

对这样一种情况称之为进步是很便当的。

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

这就是春天或者是种植季节的情况了。

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

这个孩子挨过不少打，对他来说，暴力已经是家常便饭了。

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

你说那证明了凶手有杀人动机 但我觉得这样的动机不够强烈。

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丈夫是分房睡的，这本身就是骇人听闻的了。

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，这一切是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，人工上涌要想达到这种理想状态，甚至都不需要养殖海草。

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

对于这样一种情况，他们的反应通常是，认为其中一位历史学家是正确的，而另一位是错误的。

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。

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，激进分子就是那些反抗常规或主张改变现状的人。

It is a disorientating state of affairs.

这是一种令人迷失方向的状况。

This state of affairs really overstayed its welcome.

这种事态实在是太受欢迎了。

At twenty-two this state of affairs is not unique.

在 22 岁时， 这种情况并不是独一无二的。

The true state of affairs was of a different character.

真实的事态具有不同的性质。

" It is certainly a new state of affairs, " said the doctor.

“这肯定是一种新情况，”医生说。