英汉词典

state 基本解释

• n. 国家；州；情形
• vt. 规定；声明；陈述
• adj. 国家的；州的；正式的
• n. (State)人名；(罗、瑞典)斯塔特；(英)斯泰特

state 词态变化

state 中文词源

来自拉丁语 status,位置，地方，站立姿势，情况，状况，公共秩序，过去分词名词格于 stare, 站立，来自 PIE*sta,站立，词源同 stand.引申词义陈述，说明，规定等。

state 英文词源

state

state: [13] State comes, partly via Old French estat (source of English estate), from Latin status ‘way of standing, condition, position’, which was formed from the same base as stāre ‘stand’ (a distant relative of English stand). The word’s political sense, ‘body politic’, first recorded in the 16th century, comes from Latin expressions such as status rei publicae ‘condition of the republic’ and status civitatis ‘condition of the body politic’.

The verb state originally meant ‘put, place’; its modern meaning ‘declare’ arose from the notion of ‘placing’ something on record, setting it out in detail. English borrowed status itself in the 17th century.
=> estate, stand, station, statistic, statue; statute

state (n.1)

c. 1200, "circumstances, position in society, temporary attributes of a person or thing, conditions," from Old French estat "position, condition; status, stature, station," and directly from Latin status "a station, position, place; way of standing, posture; order, arrangement, condition," figuratively "standing, rank; public order, community organization," noun of action from past participle stem of stare "to stand" from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Some Middle English senses are via Old French estat (French état; see estate).

The Latin word was adopted into other modern Germanic languages (German, Dutch staat) but chiefly in the political senses only. Meaning "physical condition as regards form or structure" is attested from late 13c. Meaning "mental or emotional condition" is attested from 1530s (phrase state of mind first attested 1749); colloquial sense of "agitated or perturbed state" is from 1837.

He [the President] shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. [U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section iii]

state (v.)

1590s, "to set in a position," from state (n.1); the sense of "declare in words" is first attested 1640s, from the notion of "placing" something on the record. Related: Stated; stating.

state (n.2)

"political organization of a country, supreme civil power, government," c. 1300, from special use of state (n.1); this sense grew out of the meaning "condition of a country" with regard to government, prosperity, etc. (late 13c.), from Latin phrases such as status rei publicæ "condition (or existence) of the republic."

The sense of "a semi-independent political entity under a federal authority, one of the bodies politic which together make up a federal republic" is from 1774. The British North American colonies occasionally were called states as far back as 1630s; the States has been short for "the United States of America" since 1777; also of the Netherlands. State rights in U.S. political sense is attested from 1798; form states rights is first recorded 1858. Church and state have been contrasted from 1580s. State-socialism attested from 1850.

state 词组搭配

state 英文释义

1. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state;

"the state has lowered its income tax"

2. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation;

"his state is in the deep south"

3. a politically organized body of people under a single government;

"the state has elected a new president"

"African nations"

"students who had come to the nation's capitol"

"the country's largest manufacturer"

"an industrialized land"

4. the way something is with respect to its main attributes;

"the current state of knowledge"

"his state of health"

"in a weak financial state"

5. the territory occupied by a nation;

"he returned to the land of his birth"

"he visited several European countries"

6. a state of depression or agitation;

"he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"

7. (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container);

"the solid state of water is called ice"

state 同义词解析

condition, state, status, situation, circumstance

这些名词均有"状况，情况"之意。

condition： 一般强调产生影响的原因或环境，复数形式指笼统的情况。

state： 普通用词，指人或物在环境、外表、心灵以及健康方面的状况，或指在某一阶段的状态或形式。

status： 指一个人在政治、社会、经济、法律上的地位或身份，暗含地位显要意味。也可用于指政治等事态的状况。

situation： 指明确具体的环境情况或处境。

circumstance： 多指周围的情况或某事发生时的情况。

nation, state, country, land, power

这些名词均含"国家"之意。

nation： 普通用词，指在某一国土定居的人民、民族，强调人民。

state： 正式用词，指政治概念上的国家，即由政府所代表的国家。

country： 普通用词，侧重国土与人民。

land： 常用于文学中，侧重国土，带感情色彩。

power： 特指拥有强大军事力量，在国际事务中有较强权威或影响的国家，即强国、大国。

say, speak, state, talk, tell, utter

这些动词均有"说，讲"之意。

say： 最普通常用词，指用语言表达思想，着重所说的内容。

speak： 侧重于说话动作的本身，着重说话的能力而不在内容，可以是长篇大论的演讲，也可以是三言两语的交谈，甚至指简单的开口发声说话。

state： 较正式用词，通常指用明确的语言或文字着重地叙述事实，既强调内容又注重语气。

talk： 普通用词，侧重指与人交谈时的连续说话，可指单方面较长谈话，和speak一样，着重说活动作而不侧重内容。

tell： 普通用词，指把某事告诉或讲述给某人听，口语或书面语均可用。

utter： 着重说话的行为，常指声音的使用，突出用噪子发声。

state 双语例句

1. Kaspar had spoken know-ledgeably about the state of agriculture in Europe.

卡斯帕对欧洲农业状况发表了一番颇有见地的见解。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The President's speeches are regularly reproduced verbatim in the state-run newspapers.

总统的讲话通常会被一字不差地刊登在国有报纸上。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Albania is a small nation state of around 3 million people.

阿尔巴尼亚是一个大约有300万人口的单一民族独立国家。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Several proposals are under consideration by the state assembly.

有几个提案州议会正在讨论中。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The final word will still come from the Secretary of State.

最后仍然要由国务卿来定夺。

来自柯林斯例句

state 实用场景例句

a confused state of mind

思绪纷乱

牛津词典

He was in a state of permanent depression.

他一直处于消沉状态。

牛津词典

anxieties about the state of the country's economy

对于国家经济状况的担忧

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The building is in a bad state of repair (= needs to be repaired) .

那座房子年久失修。

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She was in a state of shock .

她震惊不已。

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(British English,informal)Look at the state of you! You can't go out looking like that.

看看你这副样子！你可不能就这么出去。

牛津词典

You're not in a fit state to drive.

你现在的状态不宜开车。

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the Baltic States

波罗的海诸国

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European Union member states

欧盟成员国

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the states of Victoria and Western Australia

维多利亚和西澳大利亚两州

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the southern states of the US

美国南方各州

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matters/affairs of state

国家大事

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people who are financially dependent on the state

依靠国家救济的人

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a state-owned company

国有公司

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They wish to limit the power of the State.

他们希望限制政府权力。

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The president was driven in state through the streets.

总统乘车隆重地从街上穿过。

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

墨西哥是个世俗国家，和梵蒂冈没有外交关系。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Some weeks ago I recommended to EU member states that we should have discussions with the Americans.

几周前，我曾向欧盟成员国提议我们应该和美国人进行磋商。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Leaders of the Southern states are meeting in Louisville.

南部一些州的领导正在路易斯维尔开会。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

该国政府入不敷出。

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Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones.

东欧的经验表明，工人所有的工厂可能和国有工厂一样效率低下。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

对国家社会保障制度的改革

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...the Queen's three-day state visit to France.

女王对法国为期 3 天的国事访问

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

丹尼尔去世后的最初几个月里，我一直处于临床抑郁症的状态。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

When we moved here the walls and ceiling were in an awful state...

我们刚搬到这里时，墙和房顶都破旧不堪。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Clearly state your address and telephone number...

清楚地报上你的地址和电话号码。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

警方的报告称，他因涉嫌殴打妻子而被捕。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

你离开我们家时已经开不了车了。

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

我极度焦虑不安，因为谁也不知道为什么我会得这个病。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

People will work themselves up into a state about anything.

人们总会沉不住气，为任何事感到担忧。

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