【state音标】 英[steɪt] 美[steɪt]
【单词释义】 state是什么意思：
n.国家；州；状况，情况；资格
vt.规定；陈述，说明，声明
adj.国家的；国务的，公务的；正式的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] states [第三人称单数] states
[单词现在分词] stating
[单词过去式] stated
[单词过去分词] stated
【state形近词/近似词】
rotate v.旋转；使转动；使轮流，轮换
dictate v.命令，指示；控制，支配 n.命令；规定；指示
mutate v. 突变；变异；（使某物）变化；改变
【近义词解析】
◇ 国家
country (n. 国家)：最普通用词，侧重指国土、疆域。
nation (n. 国家)：强调其民族、社会及经济结构。
kingdom (n. 王国)：指由国王或女王统治的国家，或君主立宪的国家。
state (n. 国家，政府)：侧重指被视为政治组织的国家，英国英语中尤指政府。
【单词例句】
◇ 4. "Simple really. I have read your mission and vision. I have gleaned information about you and your company through social media, engaging my professional network, and exploring other publicly available information. As a result, I think I can clearly state four things and I would like you to validate my thinking."
第四种回答：“其实很简单。我看过了你们的职位描述和对聘任者的要求。我利用职业关系网，从社交媒体收集了您和公司的资料，以及其他公开信息。因此，我觉得我能清晰地说明四件事，也想请您确认我的想法。”
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ She sent emails to his mailbox every week to state her thinking and ask for his accompaniment, but never received reply of satisfaction.
她每周都给他的邮箱发电子邮件陈述她的想法，要求他的陪伴，但却从未收到满意答复。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ However, the United States is currently not on track, bogged down by litigation over warnings on cigarette packaging and lags in taxation, said Vinayak Prasad of the WHO's tobacco control unit.
世卫组织烟草控制部门的维纳亚克-普拉萨德说，但由于烟草包装警示标识的诉讼以及烟草税征收不力，美国目前的控烟进展并不顺利。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ Keep in mind that some states, like New Jersey, have rules about how institutions label themselves. There, a university has to have at least three fields of graduate study leading to advanced degrees.
要知道，美国的一些州，比如新泽西州，对于高校取名有规定。在该州，一所高校至少必须有三个学科提供研究生学位才能自称为university。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ It's a misperception that cotton swabs are safe for cleaning ears. They are not. Indeed, the packaging for Q-tips even states, "Do not insert swab into ear canal," according to Business Insider.
商业内幕网站报道称，棉签可以安全地清洁耳朵是一种误解。事实并非如此。实际上，棉签的包装袋上写着：“别用棉签掏耳朵。”
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ 'Breakfast is believed to be an important meal of the day, whereas there has been an increasing prevalence of skipping breakfast over the past 50 years in the United States, with as many as 23.8 percent of young people skipping breakfast every day,' the authors write.
“人们认为早餐是一天中的重要一餐，而在美国，过去50年间，不吃早餐的现象越来越普遍，多达23.8%的年轻人每天都不吃早餐，”报告的作者们写道。
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%
◇ Besides the issue of consumer habits,infrastructure costs are set to be immense,and will have to be met by national states or the private sector before being passed on to users.Platforms do not necessarily have to be expensive.
除了消费者的习惯问题，基础设施的成本开始是很大的。在到达用户之前，先由政府和私人组织过目。平台不需要很昂贵。
◇ After more than 100 years of studies, many things are still obscure. Today visitors come by the thousands - the great and simple of the earth - all in a spirit of marvel. Travelers come from every state of the Union, from every country in Europe and Asia, pilgrims to a shrine that is the same as the creed.
经过了100多年的研究，有许多事情仍是个谜。今天，数以千计的游客 —— 不管是普通人还是大人物 —— 都怀着一种好奇的心情来到这里。他们来自于美国的第一洲，来自于欧洲和亚洲的每一个国家，就像朝圣者一样虔诚地来到这座神殿。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ By the mid-nineteenth century, the term"icebox"had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States.
直到19世纪中期，"冰箱"这个名词才进入了美国语言，但冰仅仅只是开始影响美国普通市民的饮食。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ Then the devil came to him. He still wanted to harm the pious queen, and he took the letter, putting in its place one that stated that the queen had brought a changeling into the world.
再说那个恶魔一直想伤害好心的王后。这时，他将另一封信放进信使的口袋里，上面说王后生了一个妖怪。