You can picture status as where someone or something stands — its position in some ranking or order, especially how high or important that standing is compared with others around it.
From the word’s history
status comes from Latin 'status', meaning a standing, condition, or position (from 'stare', to stand) — the same root behind English 'state' and 'stand'; the modern senses all keep this idea of where someone or something stands.
status 來自拉丁文 status，意思是「站立、所處的狀態、位置」（字根 stare＝站），和英文 state、stand 同源。現代各個意思都還守著「所站的位置／所處的狀態」這個底。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'status'
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原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
statusnoun/ˈsteɪ.təs/
- 1
A person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others.
- Superstition is highly correlated with economic status.
- This time, there’s no great discrepancy in status; both fiancés are part of the urban, white-collar middle class.
- 2
Prestige or high standing.
- The king has status in his kingdom, and the pauper has status within his immediate group of peers.
- It is no secret that the military was a bastion of racism and sexism keeping blacks and women in the housekeeping and other non-status jobs.
- 3
A situation or state of affairs.
- Near-synonym: footing
- What's the status of the investigation?
- 4
lawThe legal condition of a person or thing.
- 5
lawThe legal condition of a person or thing.
- He is a status Indian.
- 6
A function of some instant messaging applications, whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users, if they attempt to make contact.
- I'm just about to update my status to "busy".
- I read your status last night / You posted that someone else was holding you tight
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