英语词汇“in a state”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. in a (fit) state: in a fit, proper, or healthy condition (so as to do something); likely, ready (to do something). Frequently in negative constructions, esp. in in no (fit) state. Cf. Phrases 2b.

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1620 J. Webbe tr. Cicero Fam. Epist. xvi. iii. 262 Neither am I in a state, to comfort another, being depriu'd of all consolation.

a1635 R. Sibbes Bowels Opened (1639) 42 Let us looke..Renew our Repentance, that we may be in a fit state to go to God.

1692 R. Davies Let. to Friend conc. changing Relig. Contents Many are always present whenever the Sacrament is Administred, who are not in a fit state to be Partakers of it.

1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 23/1 He has not for a long time been in a state able to go out of the house.

1789 C. Smith Ethelinde IV. ix. 192 She had a good deal of fever, and was not in a state to be removed.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism vi. 244 To assume..that the political rulers of the body were still in a state to be spoiled.

1862 Quiver 20 Sept. 456 Anthony Dare was in no fit state for walking alone.

1903 Motor-car Jrnl. 18 July 387/2 Mr. Napier would not have handed it [sc. the car] over to me saying it was in a fit state to drive unless he was absolutely satisfied that it was.

1981 M. Midgley Heart & Mind (1983) ii. 35 People who are convinced that something must not be true are in no state to take in the evidence for or against it.

2004 P. Hall Death in Dark Waters xx. 269 Moody certainly wasn't in a fit state to be worrying about fingerprints on triggers.

单词	in a state
释义	> as lemmas in a (fit) state P3. in a (fit) state: in a fit, proper, or healthy condition (so as to do something); likely, ready (to do something). Frequently in negative constructions, esp. in in no (fit) state. Cf. Phrases 2b. ΚΠ 1620 J. Webbe tr. Cicero Fam. Epist. xvi. iii. 262 Neither am I in a state, to comfort another, being depriu'd of all consolation. a1635 R. Sibbes Bowels Opened (1639) 42 Let us looke..Renew our Repentance, that we may be in a fit state to go to God. 1692 R. Davies Let. to Friend conc. changing Relig. Contents Many are always present whenever the Sacrament is Administred, who are not in a fit state to be Partakers of it. 1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 23/1 He has not for a long time been in a state able to go out of the house. 1789 C. Smith Ethelinde IV. ix. 192 She had a good deal of fever, and was not in a state to be removed. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism vi. 244 To assume..that the political rulers of the body were still in a state to be spoiled. 1862 Quiver 20 Sept. 456 Anthony Dare was in no fit state for walking alone. 1903 Motor-car Jrnl. 18 July 387/2 Mr. Napier would not have handed it [sc. the car] over to me saying it was in a fit state to drive unless he was absolutely satisfied that it was. 1981 M. Midgley Heart & Mind (1983) ii. 35 People who are convinced that something must not be true are in no state to take in the evidence for or against it. 2004 P. Hall Death in Dark Waters xx. 269 Moody certainly wasn't in a fit state to be worrying about fingerprints on triggers. extracted from staten. < as lemmas
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