By contrast, the Multidimensional State Boredom Scale, developed in 2008, measures a person's feelings of boredom in a given situation.

相比之下，2008年开发的多维状态无聊量表测试的是人在特定情况下的无聊感。

youdao

To improve the current situation, the Chinese State Council has adopted measures to clarify responsibilities for food safety across government departments on various media.

为了改善现状，中国国务院已经采取措施，在各大媒体上明确政府各部门在食品安全方面的职责。

youdao

Workshop attendees saw the checklists as a way to better understand the current situation, or state, before moving on to the next major phase of work.

工作室参与者将清单视为在进入下一个工作的主要阶段之前，达到更好地理解现在的位置或情况的一种手段。

youdao

The same situation existed in other state governments in the South.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

but rather, is there any good reason to think that we're all or most of us are in that situation, are in that state of belief where, although we give lip service to the claim that we're going to die, is there any good reason to believe that fundamentally we don't actually believe it?

而是是否有好的理由认为,我们中全部或者大部分都处于，这样一种相信的状态，虽然我们都声称自己会死，是否有好的理由相信,我们其实根本不相信呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Critics say the situation threatens the fairness of state courts.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

However, the Commercial Court in Dublin dismissed his claim, ruling Nama was a proportionate response to the grave situation the state finds itself in.

BBC: Developer Paddy McKillen loses challenge to Nama

For the business user the X1 Carbon Touch provides peace of mind for any situation with state of the art security and manageability including vPro, Integrated Fingerprint Reader, Trusted Platform Module and BIOS encryption.

ENGADGET: Lenovo announces the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch, available now for $1,399 and up

While the President does not even have the power to pardon someone for state crimes, this situation is yet another example of the dangers created from a system that necessitates raising large quantities of money to wage political campaigns.

FORBES: Follow Doug on Twitter @DouglasESchoen