单词 | state highway |
释义 | > as lemmasstate highway (d) With the sense ‘of, belonging to, or relating to a state (sense 29a); managed by or under the control of a state (rather than the federal or national government)’; as state capital, state border, state election, state highway, state parliament, state penitentiary, state tax, etc. ΚΠ 1780 A. Adams Let. 15 Oct. in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 388 Our State affairs are thus. 1790 M. Cutler Let. 28 Feb. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 460 Congress are still on the question, whether the State debts shall be assumed. 1803 Laws Commonw. Pennsylvania III. 107 No state highway hath been heretofore laid out..between the western parts of the county of Cumberland and the town of Pittsburgh. 1804 U.S. Gaz. 12 June It is presumed that the executive council will grant him a lodging in the state Penitentiary. 1850 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Times 12 Dec. Shall we by constitutional law station a soldiery with pointed bayonets, on our State borders? 1861 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. 8/3 All the other forts are garrisoned by State Militia, and covered with State flags. 1887 American 26 Mar. 357/1 Connecticut has only four lawyers among the 249 members of her State Assembly. 1903 Hutchinson (Kansas) Daily News 20 Jan. 9/1 Most of the other states in the great middle west have one fair that is recognized as the State Fair and is sustained by the State. 1925 L. S. Dunaway What Preacher Saw 81 Jeff Davis declared that the ground on which the new state capitol was constructed was ‘too poor for two Irishmen to raise a row on!’ 1956 Pop. Sci. Mar. 138/1 State Highway 9 cuts through the city limits for only about three blocks. 1967 Age (Melbourne) 5 Apr. 1/5 [He] is the 15th serviceman to nominate for the state elections on April 29. 1976 Scotsman 27 Dec. 3/1 Mr. J. P. Patnaik told reporters in the state capital of Bhubaneswar tonight that presidential rule in Orissa would be revoked. 1990 West Austral. (Perth) 14 June 9/2 Bill Hassell is more ‘liberal’ now than when he first entered State Parliament back in 1977. 2004 National Response Plan (U.S. Dept. Homeland Security) iii. 8 When state resources and capabilities are overwhelmed, governors may request federal assistance. < as lemmas |
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