state可以做名词。
n. 国家州情形
vt. 规定声明陈述
adj. 国家的州的正式的The state is solidly Republican.
这个州是共和党的天下。
You're not in a fit state to drive.
你现在的状态不宜开车。
Music can induce a meditative state.
音乐能引人进入沉思的状态。
We're worried about his mental state.
我们担心他的精神状况。
The Ottoman empire was a Sunni state.
奥斯曼帝国是逊尼派国家。