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state

英/stˈeɪt/
美/ˈsteɪt/
01n.

州, 状态, 情形, 国家, 政府, 领土, 国务, 社会地位

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; the way something is with respect to its main attributes; the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; a politically organized body of people under a single government

02adj.

国家的, 正式的, 礼仪用的, 州的

03v.

说明, 陈述, 规定

04n.

国家;州