states

英 [steɪts] 美 [steɪts]

n.  美国; 国家

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BNC.1180

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  1. N-COUNT (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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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. N-COUNT (美国等大国的)州
    Some large countries such as the USA are divided into smaller areas called states .
    1. 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 .
    1. N-SING 政府;国家
      You can refer to the government of a country as the state .
      1. The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure...
        该国政府入不敷出。
      2. 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。
    2. 对国家社会保障制度的改革 → see: ...reform of the state social-security system.
    3. ADJ 国事的;国事礼仪的
      A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country.
      1. ...the Queen's three-day state visit to France.
        女王对法国为期 3 天的国事访问
    4. N-COUNT 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.
      1. 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。
      2. 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。
      3. Look at the state of my car!
        看看我的车都成什么样子了！
    5. VERB (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.
      1. Clearly state your address and telephone number...
        清楚地报上你的地址和电话号码。
      2. 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。
      3. 'Our relationship is totally platonic,' she stated...
        “我们纯属精神恋爱，”她声明道。
      4. Buyers who do not apply within the stated period can lose their deposits.
        未能在规定期限内提出申请的买家可能会拿不回押金。
    6. See also: head of state nation state police state welfare state
    7. PHRASE (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.
      1. 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。
    8. PHRASE 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.
      1. 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。
      2. 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。
    9. (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.
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      双语例句

      1. I set off for a new adventure in the United States on the first day of the new year.
        新年第一天，我在美国开始了一次新的冒险。
      2. The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago
        这两个西非国家两年前已经中断了外交关系。
      3. Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
        土耳其和希腊是前苏联与反苏国家之间的缓冲国。
      4. I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend
        我打电话给美国的一个朋友。
      5. He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.
        他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
      6. The example of the United States illustrates this point
        美国的例子证明了这一点。
      7. Our vote today indicates a change in United States policy
        我们今天的选举表明了美国政策的一种变化。
      8. It has also asked Britain and the United States to intercede.
        它也请了英国与美国进行斡旋。
      9. This has forced the United States to seriously reconsider its position
        这迫使美国重新认真考虑自己的立场。
      10. We will finally have to redefine our relationship with neighbouring states in north Africa
        我们最终将不得不重新界定我们和北非邻国的关系。
      11. The United States has refused him a visa
        美国拒绝给他发放签证。
      12. I regret that the United States has added its voice to such protests
        我很遗憾美国也加入了这一抗议的行列。
      13. The United States has withdrawn the remaining staff from its embassy
        美国已经撤回了大使馆的剩余人员。
      14. The nation states of Eastern Europe finally sloughed off their totalitarian regimes.
        东欧民族国家最终抛弃了极权统治。
      15. Lithuania and Armenia signed a treaty in Vilnius recognising each other as independent sovereign states
        立陶宛和亚美尼亚在维尔纽斯签订条约，承认彼此为独立主权国家。
      16. I never agreed to spy against the United States.
        我从来没有答应去当间谍刺探美国的情报。
      17. I started by asking how many day-care centers were located in the United States
        我一开始先问了问美国有多少所日托中心。
      18. 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。
      19. The United States could claim to be both a military and an economic superpower.
        美国在军事和经济上都称得上是超级大国。
      20. Tanzania is a union of the states of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
        坦桑尼亚是坦噶尼喀和桑给巴尔两个政体组成的联合国家。
      21. First-generation Americans view the United States as a land of golden opportunity
        第一代美国人认为美国是一个充满了机遇的国度。
      22. The Auto Pact yoked Ontario into the United States economy
        《汽车协定》强行将安大略纳入了美国的经济体系中。
      23. Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.
        历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
      24. Independence and sovereign equality among states is a fundamental principle of international law.
        国家的独立和主权平等，是国际法上的一项根本原则。
      25. Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States.
        西班牙将菲律宾群岛割让给美国。
      26. Alaska and Hawaii were dependencies of the United States.
        阿拉斯加和夏威夷过去是美国的属地。
      27. The United States does not have a nobility.
        美国没有贵族。
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