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the states

/steyt/US // steɪt //UK // (steɪt) //

各州,各州的情况,国家,各州政府

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
    • : the condition of matter with respect to structure, form, constitution, phase, or the like: water in a gaseous state.
    • : status, rank, or position in life; station: He dresses in a manner befitting his state.
    • : the style of living befitting a person of wealth and high rank: to travel in state.
    • : a particular condition of mind or feeling: to be in an excited state.
    • : an abnormally tense, nervous, or perturbed condition: He's been in a state since hearing about his brother's death.
    • : a politically unified people occupying a definite territory; nation.
    • : the territory, or one of the territories, of a government.
    • : any of the bodies politic which together make up a federal union, as in the United States of America.
    • : the body politic as organized for civil rule and government.
    • : the operations or activities of a central civil government: affairs of state.
    • : Also called State Department. Informal. the Department of State.
    • : Printing. a set of copies of an edition of a publication which differ from others of the same printing because of additions, corrections, or transpositions made during printing or at any time before publication.
    • : the States, Informal. the United States: After a year's study in Spain, he returned to the States.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the central civil government or authority.
    • : made, maintained, or chartered by or under the authority of one of the commonwealths that make up a federal union: a state highway; a state bank.
    • : characterized by, attended with, or involving ceremony: a state dinner.
    • : used on or reserved for occasions of ceremony.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    stat·ed, stat·ing.

    • : to declare definitely or specifically: She stated her position on the case.
    • : to set forth formally in speech or writing: to state a hypothesis.
    • : to set forth in proper or definite form: to state a problem.
    • : to say.
    • : to fix or settle, as by authority.

Phrases

  • state of the art
  • in a lather (state)
  • in state
  • ship of state

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Halfway there, however, we passed two of the largest waterfalls in the state.

  • Due to the chemicals and the state the hair has been in, it will initially be damaged, but she will have hair.

  • Details were kept secret by 50-a, a state law that has barred the public from seeing police discipline records.

  • That’s why Abdur-Rahim pushed the G League, which typically functions like the NBA’s minor leagues, to offer financial, personal and professional incentives to keep elite high school players in the states.

  • Simon operates more than 200 properties in 38 states, all of which had to shutter operations in late March due to the pandemic.

  • Dental leaders barnstormed the state, and cities began to fluoridate.

  • But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.

  • Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.

  • This week, Florida became the 36th state to allow same-sex marriage.

  • But if you have a hearing and you prove that someone is mature enough, well then that state interest evaporates.

  • If we can free this State of Yankees, we will accomplish more than your armies down south have.

  • Walls End Castle, when the party broke up, returned to its normal state.

  • The next morning he came rushing into the office, in a violent state of excitement.

  • He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.

  • From the very first of the war their work was to help exterminate the guerrilla bands which infested the State.