state /steɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( stating, stated, states )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to countries as states, particularly when you are discussing politics. (政治上所指的) 国家

  例：

  Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

  墨西哥是个非宗教国家，和梵蒂冈没有外交关系。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Some large countries such as the U.S. are divided into smaller areas called states. (美国等大国的) 州

  例：

  Leaders of the Southern states are meeting in Louisville.

  南部各州的领导人们正在路易斯维尔会晤。

• 3. 

  N-PROPER The U.S. is sometimes referred to as the States. 美国 [非正式]

  例：

  She bought it last year in the States.

  她去年在美国买了它。

• 4. 

  N-SING You can refer to the government of a country as the state. 政府

  例：

  The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure.

  政府没有征到足够的税来支付它的费用。

• 5. 

  ADJ State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies. 政府的; 国家的 [ADJ n] →see state school

  例：

  ...reform of the state social-security system.

  …国家社会保障体制的改革。

• 6. 

  ADJ A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country. 国事的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  The president of the Czech Republic is in Washington on a state visit.

  捷克共和国总统正在华盛顿进行国事访问。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT When you talk about the state of someone or something, you are referring to the condition they are in or what they are like at a particular time. 状况; 状态

  例：

  For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression.

  丹尼尔去世后的头几个月，我一直处在临床抑郁状态。

• 8. 

  V-T If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way. 说明; 写明

  例：

  Clearly state your address and telephone number.

  清楚地写明你的地址和电话号码。

  例：

  The police report stated that he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife.

  警方报告称，他因涉嫌殴打妻子而被捕。

• 9. 

  → see also head of state, welfare state

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone is not in a fit state to do something, you mean that they are too upset or ill to do it. 不在 (做某事的) 适宜状态

  例：

  When you left our place, you weren't in a fit state to drive.

  你离开我们家时，你的状态不适合开车。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something. 处于苦恼状态; 处于焦虑状态

  例：

  I was in a terrible state because nobody could understand why I had this illness.

  我极度不安，因为没人能明白我为什么得了这种病。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried. (要人的遗体) 供瞻仰

  例：

  ...the 30,000 people who filed past the cardinal's body while it lay in state last week.

  …上周红衣主教的遗体供瞻仰时排队瞻仰了的3万民众。