1. (尤用于讨论政治事务时)国家
You can refer to countries as states, particularly when you are discussing politics.
state的意思
e.g. Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican...
墨西哥是个世俗国家,和梵蒂冈没有外交关系。
e.g. Some weeks ago I recommended to EU member states that we should have discussions with the Americans.
几周前,我曾向欧盟成员国提议我们应该和美国人进行磋商。
2. (美国等大国的)州
Some large countries such as the USA are divided into smaller areas called states .
e.g. Leaders of the Southern states are meeting in Louisville.
南部一些州的领导正在路易斯维尔开会。
3. 美国
The USA is sometimes referred to as the States .
4. 政府;国家
You can refer to the government of a country as the state .
e.g. The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure...
该国政府入不敷出。
e.g. Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones.
东欧的经验表明,工人所有的工厂可能和国有工厂一样效率低下。
5. 国有的;国家的
State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies.
e.g. ...reform of the state social-security system.
对国家社会保障制度的改革
6. 国事的;国事礼仪的
A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country.
e.g. ...the Queen's three-day state visit to France.
女王对法国为期 3 天的国事访问
7. 状况;状态;情况
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.
e.g. For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression...
丹尼尔去世后的最初几个月里,我一直处于临床抑郁症的状态。
e.g. When we moved here the walls and ceiling were in an awful state...
我们刚搬到这里时,墙和房顶都破旧不堪。
8. (以口头或书面形式正式或明确地)声称,宣称,声明
If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way.
state
e.g. Clearly state your address and telephone number...
清楚地报上你的地址和电话号码。
e.g. The police report stated that he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife...
警方的报告称,他因涉嫌殴打妻子而被捕。
9. see also: head of state;nation state;police state;welfare state
10. (因精神或健康状态不佳而)不适宜(做某事)
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.
e.g. When you left our place, you weren't in a fit state to drive.
你离开我们家时已经开不了车了。
11. 不快;紧张;焦虑;惊慌
If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something.
e.g. I was in a terrible state because nobody could understand why I had this illness...
我极度焦虑不安,因为谁也不知道为什么我会得这个病。
e.g. People will work themselves up into a state about anything.
人们总会沉不住气,为任何事感到担忧。
12. (重要人物的遗体)停放供瞻仰
If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.