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  • Conjugation : past  stated ; ing  stating
  • Derivative : adj  statable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

state [steɪt]
  1. 1. noun [c] (condition) 状态
    They are concerned about the state of the house.
    他们房子状态有所担心
  2. 2. noun [c] (country) 国家
    Europe's only remaining communist state
    欧洲惟一尚存的共产主义国家
  3. 3. noun [c] (part of country) 州
    the Southern states
    美国南部各州
  4. 4. noun [s] (government) 政府
    The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure.
    政府征收税收不能满足支出
  5. 5. cpd (government-controlled) 政府
    the state social-security system
    政府社会保障系统
  6. 6. cpd (involving head of state) 国事
    a state visit to India
    印度的国事访问
  7. 7. vt. (say,declare) 申明
    Please state your name.
    申明您的姓名
  8. 8. n pl [inf] the States 美国
    to be in a state
    处于焦虑状态
    to get into a state
    陷入紧张不安状态
    to lie in state
    公众瞻仰
    a state of emergency
    [政治] 紧急状态
    state of affairs
    事态
    state of mind
    心情
    to state that...
    声明

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

state [stet] [steɪt]
  1. 1. noun 状况状态情形境地
    a state of poverty
    贫困
    The house was in a state of disrepair.
    房子当时正在翻修中。
  2. 2. noun 精神感情状态
    a state of bliss
    极乐境界
  3. 3. noun 物质的)态,状态
    liquid state
    液态
  4. 4. noun 国务政务
  5. 5. noun [有时State]国家政府
    church and state
    教会政府政教
  6. 6. noun [American English] [常做State]州
    The role of the state must be limited.
    这个州的权利应该受到限定
  7. 7. noun [American English] (国和州的)领土
  8. 8. noun [rarely used] 社会)地位
  9. 9. noun [有时State]国务院
  10. 10. noun [rarely used] 威严堂皇豪华气派
    drove up in state
    气派十足地驾车过来
  11. 11. noun [有时State][复数形态时](一些国家的立法机关议会
  12. 12. noun [rarely used] 高位,显位
  13. 13. noun 中央政府活动范围
    matters of state
    国家事务
  14. 14. noun [常做复数]社会特殊阶层政治集团
  15. 15. adjective 礼仪上)的正式的;隆重
  16. 16. adjective [有时State]国家的,州的;国务的,公务
    They said any information like that is a state secret.
    他们他们说这类信息属于国家机密
  17. 17. vt. 规定指定
    at the stated hour
    规定的时间
  18. 18. vt. 陈述说明声明
    The premier stated that the government should dissolve parliament.
    总理宣称政府应该解散议会
  19. 19. vt. (不通过语言文字形式表示
    to state a musical theme in the first three measures
    开头三节阐明音乐的主题

Collins English-English Dictionary

state [steɪt]
  1. 1. n the condition of a person, thing, etc, with regard to main attributes
  2. 2. n the structure, form, or constitution of something
    a solid state
  3. 3. n any mode of existence
  4. 4. n position in life or society; estate
  5. 5. n ceremonious style, as befitting wealth or dignity
    to live in state
  6. 6. n a sovereign political power or community
  7. 7. n the territory occupied by such a community
  8. 8. n the sphere of power in such a community
    affairs of state
  9. 9. n [often capital] one of a number of areas or communities having their own governments and forming a federation under a sovereign government, as in the US
  10. 10. n [often capital] the body politic of a particular sovereign power, esp as contrasted with a rival authority such as the Church
  11. 11. n [obsolete] a class or order; estate
  12. 12. n [informal] a nervous, upset, or excited condition (esp in the phrase in a state)
  13. 13. modifier controlled or financed by a state
    state university
  14. 14. modifier of, relating to, or concerning the State
    State trial
  15. 15. modifier involving ceremony or concerned with a ceremonious occasion
    state visit
  16. 16. vt. [tr; may take a clause as object] to articulate in words; utter
  17. 17. vt. to declare formally or publicly
    to state one's innocence
  18. 18. vt. to resolve
  19. 19. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French estat, from Latin status a standing, from stare to stand

Examples

Fashion is always in a state of flux
(服饰等的)款式总是处于不断翻新的状态之中。 flux
the State line
(美国的)州界线 line
the State of Utah
犹他州 of
a sovereign state
主权国家 sovereign
a state of poverty
贫困 state
a state of bliss
极乐境界 state
liquid state
液态 state
drove up in state
气派十足地驾车过来 state
church and state
教会和政府,政教 state
matters of state
国家事务 state

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