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单词 estate
释义 es·tate
I. \ə̇ˈstāt, eˈ-, usu -ād.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English estat, from Middle French — more at state
1. : state, condition:
 a. : the form of existence or state of being of something; specifically : condition or position in respect to a standard of value or to good repute
  < he wanted to bring painting back to its original estate — Henry Miller >
  < discussing what seem to me to be the primary causes behind the low estate of the public schools — M.B.Smith >
  < the Civil War … brought our ocean marine insurance to a very low estate — C.K.Knight >
 b. : circumstances or situation in life : mental, physical, or material condition
  < a service which would visualize for womanhood its highest domestic estate — Edward Bok >
  < a tonic bitterness in such poems as examine man's estate — Babette Deutsch >
  < going to be a field supervisor and later on a district manager, and he must not arrive at his new estate uninformed — Bernard De Voto >
 c. obsolete : normal or good condition
2.
 a.
  (1) obsolete : high school standing or rank
  (2) : social standing or rank
   < a political platform appealing to people of every estate >
 b. obsolete
  (1) : a position or seat of dignity, grandeur, or pomp
  (2) : a canopy, chair, or dais providing this position
 c. obsolete : a person of high social rank
3.
 a. : a social or political class or rank : a markedly distinguishable class of people in a community or nation especially when distinguishable by social or political duties or privileges; specifically : one of two or more great classes or orders of a state regarded as part of the body politic who are vested with distinct political powers and whose concurrence is necessary for legislation
  < generally the three estates of Medieval Europe consisted of the nobility, the clergy, and the merchants of the cities >
  — called also estate of the realm
 b. estates plural : an assembly of the governing classes or of their representatives in a nation or state : parliament
  < the levying of taxes was subject to the consent of the estates >
4.
 a. : the property or a piece or aggregation of property in lands or tenements and sometimes personalty : fortune, possessions
  < a man of small estate >
 b.
  (1) : the aggregate of property or liabilities of all kinds that a person leaves for disposal at his death
   < if you don't make a will, the law makes provision for disposing of your estate for you — Have You Made a Will? >
  (2) : such an aggregate considered as a legal entity
   < the recoverable portion of the debt does not go to the decedent's estate but to his heirs >
 c. : an interest often varying widely in degree, quality, nature, and extent in land or other property
  < an estate for life >
  < an estate for years >
  < system of accumulation of funds for the creation of an estate for old-age security — C.M.Winslow >
5. obsolete : form of government : governing constitution
6. obsolete : body politic : commonwealth, kingdom, state
7.
 a. : a usually large landed property
  < the proprietor of a large estate with ponds, woods, and a sizable house to retire to >
 b. : a large farm : plantation
  < orange groves and avocado estates lie round about — Aubrey Drury >
  < European tea estates in Africa >
 c. Britain : project, development
  < trim housing estates are being built for the workers — Robert Dunnett >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. obsolete : to bestow as an estate — used with on or upon
2.
 a. : to endow with — used with in
  < estated half his property in his nephew >
 b. obsolete : to endow or provide with property
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