in a state

基本解释

She teaches in a state university.
她在一所州立大学任教。
Be in a state of abundance of what you already have.
要处于你已经拥有的事物的富足状态。
While not yet in a state of nirvana, they have a degree of control and comprehension over their resources that most would envy.
虽然没有进入涅盘的一个状态中，但是他们已经实现了令大多数人羡慕的对资源控制和理解的一个程度。

Traditionally,the president does not fill federal jobs in a state until he discusses them with the senators from that state.
To be in a state of purity simply means that one is qualified to contact the sacred: to enter the sacred precincts, to handle sacred objects, and so on.
处于纯洁的状态仅仅意味着有资格,去接触神圣，比如说进入圣地的周边地区，打理神圣的物件，等等。
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To be in a state of impurity simply means that one is not qualified to contact the sacred.
处于不纯洁的状态仅仅意味着,没有资格去接触神圣的事物。
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His motives are partly self-serving: he needs social credentials in a state that leans leftwards.
ECONOMIST: The sad lack of reformers in Germany, even on the right