state

state的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [steit]
KK音标发音： [stet]

state的词性：
n.Abbr. st（名词）缩写 st

1. A condition or mode of being, as with regard to circumstances:
情况：存在的情况或方式，如有关环境的：

a state of confusion.
混乱的状况

2. A condition of being in a stage or form, as of structure, growth, or development:
状态：处于某阶段或形式上的状态，如结构、生长或发展的状态：

the fetal state.
胎儿状态

3. A mental or emotional condition:
情感状态：精神或感情状态：

in a manic state.
处于狂热状态

4. Informal A condition of excitement or distress.
【非正式用语】 激动或沮丧的状态

5. Physics The condition of a physical system with regard to phase, form, composition, or structure:
【物理学】 状态：物理体系中有关阶段、形状、组成或结构的状态：

Ice is the solid state of water.
冰是水的固态

6. Social position or rank.
地位：社会地位或等级

7. Ceremony; pomp:
仪式；盛观：

foreign leaders dining in state at the White House.
外国领导隆重地在白宫进餐

8. The supreme public power within a sovereign political entity.
最高：统治政体内部的最高公众权力

9. The sphere of supreme civil power within a given polity:
领土：特定政体之内的最高权限范围：

matters of state.
领土问题

10. A specific mode of government:
国体：政府的特定形式：

the socialist state.
社会主义国家

11. A body politic, especially one constituting a nation:
国家：政治实体，尤指构成国家者：

the states of Eastern Europe.
东欧国家

12. One of the more or less internally autonomous territorial and political units composing a federation under a sovereign government:
州：主权国家中组成联邦的，拥有不同内部自治权的区域和政治单位：

the 48 contiguous states of the Union.
联邦中互相毗邻的48个州

state的词性：
adj.（形容词）

13. Of or relating to a body politic or to an internally autonomous territorial or political unit constituting a federation under one government:
国家的：国家的、与国家有关的、或与组成联邦政府的内部自治区域或政治单位有关的：

a monarch dealing with state matters; the department that handles state security.
处理国家事务的独裁者；处理国家安全事务的部门

14. Owned and operated by a state:
国有的：国家所有的或国家运作的：

state universities.
国立大学

state的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

15. To set forth in words; declare.
宣称：用话语表达出来：宣称

state的词源：

16. Middle English
中古英语

17. from Old French estat
源自 古法语 estat

18. from Latin status * see st3-
源自 拉丁语 status *参见 st3-

state， condition， situation， status

19. These nouns denote the mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing.
这些名词都表示人或事物存在的形式或方式。

20. State and condition, the most general, are largely interchangeable:
State 和condition 最普通， 在多数情况下可以通用：

a state (or condition ) of disrepair; a healthy state (or condition ).
绝望的状态（或 condition ) ；健康状况 （或 condition )。

“Every body continues in its state of rest . . . unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it” (Isaac Newton).
“每一个物体保持其静止状态…除非有加于其上的力，它才会改变那种状态” （伊萨克·牛顿）。

“The condition of man . . . is a condition of war of everyone against everyone” (Thomas Hobbes).
“人类的状态…是人与人对抗的战争状态” （托马斯·霍布斯）。

21. Situation more narrowly refers to a state or condition at a particular time as determined by a combination of circumstances:
Situation 较狭义地指由环境综合决定的特定时间上的状态或情形：

“Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation” (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
“如果永恒真理不能赋予社会状况新的意义，则它既不为真理也不会永恒” （富兰克林·D·罗斯福）。

22. Status usually applies to a person or thing considered in relation to others of the same class. With reference to persons it implies relative standing; with respect to things it is roughly equivalent to state or situation :
Status 通常指被认为与同类或同阶层有关的人或物。指人时暗指相对的地位；指物时大致等同于State 或 situation ：

“Mr. Polly's status was that of a guest pure and simple” (H.G. Wells).
“波利先生的身份纯粹是客人” ( H ·G·韦尔斯）。

What is the current status of the arms-reduction negotiations?
削减武器的谈判最近形势如何？