Water exists in three states: liquid, gaseous, and solid. The country was in a state of war (=officially fighting a war ). Look at the state of her! be in a good/bad state of repair (=be in good condition and not need repairing, or be in bad condition ) The boat was in a good state of repair. in no fit state to do something (=should not do something because you are not in a suitable condition ) David’s in no fit state to drive. She was in an extremely confused state of mind. somebody’s mental/physical/emotional state Frankly, I wouldn’t trust his emotional state right now.
in a bad/terrible etc state When we bought the house, it was in a terrible state. S1 W2 noun 1 condition CONDITION/STATE OF something the physical or mental condition that someone or something is in state of There are fears for the state of the country’s economy.
State understate ≠ overstate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Government state state 1 / steɪt /
0 kommentar(er)
