The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
And although you don't read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.
出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
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(尤用于討論政治事務時)國家
You can refer to countries as states, particularly when you are discussing politics.
例句
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系。
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。
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N-COUNT
(美國等大國的)州
Some large countries such as the USA are divided into smaller areas called states .
例句
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。
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N-PROPER
美國
The USA is sometimes referred to as the States .
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N-SING
政府;國家
You can refer to the government of a country as the state .
例句
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。
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ADJ
國有的;國家的
State industries or organizations are financed and organized by the government rather than private companies.
例句
...reform of the state social-security system.
對國家社會保障制度的改革
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ADJ
國事的;國事禮儀的
A state occasion is a formal one involving the head of a country.
例句
...the Queen's three-day state visit to France.
女王對法國為期 3 天的國事訪問
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N-COUNT
狀況;狀態;情況
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.
例句
For the first few months after Daniel died, I was in a state of clinical depression...
丹尼爾去世后的最初幾個月里，我一直處于臨床抑郁癥的狀態。
When we moved here the walls and ceiling were in an awful state...
我們剛搬到這里時，墻和房頂都破舊不堪。
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VERB
(以口頭或書面形式正式或明確地)聲稱，宣稱，聲明
If you state something, you say or write it in a formal or definite way.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
(因精神或健康狀態不佳而)不適宜(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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
不快;緊張;焦慮;驚慌
If you are in a state or if you get into a state, you are very upset or nervous about something.
例句
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么我會得這個病。
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。
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PHRASE
(重要人物的遺體)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.