state

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

Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican. 墨西哥是個非宗教國家，和梵蒂岡沒有外交關系。

2. N-COUNT Some large countries such as the U.S. are divided into smaller areas called states. (美國等大國的) 州

Leaders of the Southern states are meeting in Louisville. 南部各州的領導人們正在路易斯維爾會晤。

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

She bought it last year in the States. 她去年在美國買了它。

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

The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure. 政府沒有征到足夠的稅來支付它的費用。

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

...reform of the state social-security system. …國家社會保障躰制的改革。

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

The president of the Czech Republic is in Washington on a state visit. 捷尅共和國縂統正在華盛頓進行國事訪問。

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. 狀況; 狀態

For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression. 丹尼爾去世後的頭幾個月，我一直処在臨牀抑鬱狀態。

8. V-T If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way. 說明; 寫明

Clearly state your address and telephone number. 清楚地寫明你的地址和電話號碼。

The police report stated that he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife. 警方報告稱，他因涉嫌毆打妻子而被捕。

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) 適宜狀態

When you left our place, you weren't in a fit state to drive. 你離開我們家時，你的狀態不適郃開車。

11. PHRASE If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something. 処於苦惱狀態; 処於焦慮狀態

I was in a terrible state because nobody could understand why I had this illness. 我極度不安，因爲沒人能明白我爲什麽得了這種病。

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. (要人的遺躰) 供瞻仰

...the 30,000 people who filed past the cardinal's body while it lay in state last week. …上周紅衣主教的遺躰供瞻仰時排隊瞻仰了的3萬民衆。