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

单词	state
释义	state I. \ˈstāt, usu -ād.+V\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English stat, from Old French & Latin; Old French estat, from Latin status, from status, past participle of stare to stand — more at stand 1. a. : a mode or condition of being : position, nature < this mortal state > < our present state of knowledge > < the state of his health > < financial state > < the unsanitary state of the building > < a state of readiness > < the married state > b. (1) : a condition of mind or temperament < a state of consciousness > < in a highly nervous state > (2) : a condition of abnormal tension or excitement (as from anger or fear) < little things piled up on him and he got into a state > c. archaic : the highest stage of development : acme, crisis — usually used of a disease d. : a condition or form of a noun — compare absolute state, construct state, emphatic state 2. a. : a condition or stage in the physical constitution of something : state of aggregation < the solid and liquid states > < water in the vaporous state > < the best state of a metal for the purpose > b. : one of an indeterminate number of conditions in which an atomic system may exist that is characterized by definite quantities (as of energy, angular momentum, or magnetic moment) and separated from other conditions by finite differences in these quantities c. : the physical condition of something at one stage in a process: as (1) : a stage of an engraved plate that is distinguished from another stage by a greater or less amount of work on the plate (2) : an impression from the plate in such a stage (3) : a condition of the unfired clay in ceramics < green state > < raw state > (4) : a variant (as in type setting or makeup) of an impression or issue of a book (5) : a stage in the growth or development of a plant or animal < buttercups in the green state > < the larval state > 3. a. : social position : rank, station < all luxuries befitting the state of a marquis — Charles Dickens > especially : high rank : eminence < can this imperious lord … quit all his state, descend, and serve again — Alexander Pope > b. (1) : elaborate or luxurious style or mode of living : magnificence < has a wealthy lover and keeps a considerable state — Arnold Bennett > (2) : formal dignity : pomp — usually used with in < rode in state to her coronation > < in solemn state … admitted to the fraternity — R.W.Southern > < lie in state > c. : graceful dignity (as in bearing) < keep some state in thy exit and vanish — Shakespeare > < perfect in shapeliness and state — A.C.Swinburne > d. (1) obsolete : a chair with a canopy and often on a dais : throne < this chair shall be my state — Shakespeare > (2) archaic : canopy 4. a. : a body of persons constituting a special class in a society : estate, order < a division of governmental power between the several states … in the community — C.J.Friedrich > b. states plural : the members or representatives of the governing classes assembled in a parliament or diet (as in France before the Revolution, Scotland before the Union, and the United Netherlands) : estate 3b c. obsolete (1) : a person of high rank (as a noble) < the bold design pleased highly those infernal states — John Milton > (2) : the ruling persons (as in a country or town) : council < consult with the king and state — Francis Bacon > d. : the ruling body or government of a country 5. a. : a body of people permanently occupying a definite territory and politically organized under a sovereign government almost entirely free from external control and possessing coercive power to maintain order within the community : body politic, commonwealth 2, nation 1b < for Aristotle the state was an association of men for the sake of the best moral life > b. : the political organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis of government < the institutions of Church and state > c. : a particular form of government or politically organized society < the secular state > < the fascist state > < the welfare state > d. : the embodiment of the ethical idea and the moral will of the community in Hegelian philosophy e. : a colony of social animals (as ants or bees) with organization analogous to that of a human state 6. : the operations, activities, or affairs of the government or ruling power of a country : the sphere of administration and supreme political power of a government < matters of state > < secrets of state > < ministers of state > < Department of state > 7. often capitalized : one of the bodies politic or component units in a federal system that is more or less independent and sovereign over internal affairs but forms with the other units a sovereign nation < the United States of America > < the Indian states > < the states of Switzerland are called cantons > 8. a. : a territory governed by a particular nation b. : a territorial unit in which the general body of law is separate and distinct from the law of any other territorial unit 9. obsolete : property, estate 4c 10. a. archaic : statement, account b. Britain : a periodic report of troop numbers and condition < delivered a state of the troops > Synonyms: condition, mode, situation, posture, status: state, often interchangeable with condition, may but does not always imply genuinely existent characteristics likely to be significant and enduring and discovered or announced after some analysis < shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union — U.S. Constitution > < wharves, piers and docks at the Atlantic ports were brought to what was a high state of efficiency for those days — A.F.Harlow > < in a state of some excitement, talking eagerly in a rather loud voice — J.D.Beresford > condition may more strongly imply the influence of circumstances on the way of existing, especially of only temporary circumstances < his mental condition > < in a delicate condition > < previous condition of servitude > < better working conditions > < the house is still in good condition > < certain weather conditions > < by no means relieved of his anxiety and fully aware of the excited condition of English opinion he could only await the issue — W.C.Ford > mode stresses external manifestation and suggests nothing of the concern with underlying reality that may be implicated by state < the whole burden of her middle period is the attempt to reach a spiritual equilibrium through a formal mode of religious conversion — M.D.Geismar > situation, implying a being placed or located much more than a being formed or composed, may apply to any specific set of circumstances, perhaps individual or interesting < the situation in fiction — the desperate girl appealing out of her misery to the Christian priest for help — Rose Macaulay > < he has already won for himself a personal situation unparalleled in postwar France, and with it a fighting chance to lead his country — Frank Gorrell > < a play upon a situation in which a surgeon is called upon to save the life of the lover of his wife — A.H.Quinn > posture, in this sense often a close synonym for situation, may imply the shaping influence of personal inclination or decision < the type of balance between military and civilian production which will permit us to maintain both a strong economy and a strong military posture — H.S.Truman > < showing me in a posture of comically servile deference to authority — F.R.Leavis > status may indicate one's state or condition as determined with some definiteness for legal administration or economic or social considerations < new status of proprietor — Mary Austin > < the change in the status of the Negro, under the Thirteenth Amendment, from three fifths of a person to a whole person in computing state apportionment — Carol L. Thompson > < a married woman's status was determined entirely by that of her husband — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray > < big business has elevated the function of management to the status of the learned professions — Nation's Business > < my underprivileged status as an ex-convict — Frank O'Leary > • - in a state of nature II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. a. archaic : to fix or settle in a position, rank, or condition : place b. obsolete : to confer possession on : vest a person in c. : to set by or as if by regulation or authority < meetings are held at stated times > 2. a. : to express the particulars of : set forth : recite, report < state the facts of a case > < state the problem in full > < state the account in dollars > b. : to put into words : frame, phrase < state the resolution as it is now to be voted upon > c. (1) : assert, declare < authorities … state that a young man in good condition can cover up to a hundred miles a day — Richard Joseph > (2) : announce < the opening measures of the first movement where the horns state the first theme — Winthrop Sargeant > 3. obsolete : to live in pomp or luxury — used with it < began to state it … as high as ever before — Thomas Fuller > Synonyms: see relate
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