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(尤用于讨论政治事务时)国家
You can refer to countries as states, particularly when you are discussing politics.
例句
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。
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。
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(美国等大国的)州
Some large countries such as the USA are divided into smaller areas called states .
例句
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。
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N-PROPER
美国
The USA is sometimes referred to as the States .
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N-SING
政府;国家
You can refer to the government of a country as the state .
例句
The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure...
该国政府入不敷出。
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。
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ADJ
国有的;国家的
State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies.
例句
...reform of the state social-security system.
对国家社会保障制度的改革
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ADJ
国事的;国事礼仪的
A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country.
例句
...the Queen's three-day state visit to France.
女王对法国为期 3 天的国事访问
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N-COUNT
状况;状态;情况
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.
例句
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。
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。
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VERB
(以口头或书面形式正式或明确地)声称，宣称，声明
If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way.
例句
Clearly state your address and telephone number...
清楚地报上你的地址和电话号码。
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。
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PHRASE
(因精神或健康状态不佳而)不适宜(做某事)
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.
例句
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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PHRASE
不快;紧张;焦虑;惊慌
If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something.
例句
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。
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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PHRASE
(重要人物的遗体)停放供瞻仰
If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.