states
n. 國家( state的名詞複數 ); 州; [the states][口語]美國; 心態
v. 規定( state的第三人稱單數 ); 陳述; 確定; [法律]詳述(案情等)
You can refer to countries as states, particularly when you are discussing politics.
Mexico is a secular state and does not have diplomatic relations with the Vatican...
墨西哥是個世俗國家,和梵蒂岡沒有外交關係。
Some weeks ago I recommended to EU member states that we should have discussions with the Americans.
幾周前,我曾向歐盟成員國提議我們應該和美國人進行磋商。
Some large countries such as the USA are divided into smaller areas called states .
Leaders of the Southern states are meeting in Louisville.
南部一些州的領導正在路易斯維爾開會。
The USA is sometimes referred to as the States .
You can refer to the government of a country as the state .
The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure...
該國政府入不敷出。
Eastern Europe shows that worker-owned factories can be as inefficient as state-owned ones.
東歐的經驗表明,工人所有的工廠可能和國有工廠一樣效率低下。
State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies.
...reform of the state social-security system.
對國家社會保障制度的改革
A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country.
...the Queen's three-day state visit to France.
女王對法國為期 3 天的國事訪問
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.
For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression...
丹尼爾去世後的最初幾個月裡,我一直處於臨床抑鬱症的狀態。
When we moved here the walls and ceiling were in an awful state...
我們剛搬到這裡時,牆和房頂都破舊不堪。
If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way.
Clearly state your address and telephone number...
清楚地報上你的地址和電話號碼。
The police report stated that he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife...
警方的報告稱,他因涉嫌毆打妻子而被捕。
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.
When you left our place, you weren't in a fit state to drive.
你離開我們家時已經開不了車了。
If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something.
I was in a terrible state because nobody could understand why I had this illness...
我極度焦慮不安,因為誰也不知道為什麼我會得這個病。
People will work themselves up into a state about anything.
人們總會沉不住氣,為任何事感到擔憂。
If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.
"They play classic rock'n"roll,' states her boyfriend, "My dad digs them too."
“他們演奏經典搖滾樂,”她的男朋友說道,“我爸爸也喜歡他們。”
Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more co-operative states.
她情緒多變,時而咄咄逼人,時而又顯得溫柔平和或樂於合作。
Leaders of the Southern states are meeting in Louisville.
南部一些州的領導正在路易斯維爾開會。
The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states.
憲法還賦予巴西的25個成員州很大的權力。
I scrolled down to find "United States of America".
我向下滾動文件搜尋“美利堅合眾國”。