"in a state" 和 "in state" 的用法辨析如下:
1. in a state
-- 表示"处于某种状态",后接形容词或of短语
-- 常用搭配:
* in a state of (confusion/emergency/panic等) - 处于(混乱/紧急/恐慌)状态
* in a bad/good state - 状态糟糕/良好
* in a terrible state - 状况很糟
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word-vs-word-cn
【in a state】 —(followed by Infinitive) fit for smth.; mentally ready to do smth.:
- He went on thinking of her till he was almost 【in a state】 to drown himself in the little brook.
【in state】 —
1. with great pomp and ceremony:
- If he represented a first-class paper and wished to “save his face” he had better travel 【in state】 .
2. (of a dead body) ceremoniously exposed to view before burial (in the phrase “lie 【in state】 ”):
- It was in this chamber he breathed his last; here he lay 【in state】 .
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