喜樂美語
  1. 1n/steɪts/美國（非正式說法）

    口語A casual, everyday way of saying the United States of America.

    「the States」是英文口語裡對「美國」（the United States）的簡稱，和說 America 一樣常見。通常前面要加 the。例如 He's going to the States（他要去美國了）。這是非正式但非常普遍的說法。

    示範例句 · Example

    My cousin lives in the States and comes back to Taiwan every summer.

    中文翻譯我的表親住在美國，每年夏天回台灣。

    常見搭配

    • in the States

      在美國

      in the United States

      She's been living in the States for three years.

    • go to the States

      去美國

      to travel to or live in the United States

      He's going to the States next month for work.

    意思相近

    Americathe USthe USAthe United States

core核心畫面

Picture people pointing at the United States of America and just calling it 'the States' — a short, casual nickname, the kind you'd use chatting with friends rather than writing in a formal document.

可以想成大家提到美國（United States of America）時，乾脆簡稱「the States」——一個輕鬆、口語的暱稱，比較像跟朋友聊天時會用的說法，而不是寫在正式文件上的名稱。

同家族的字

意思相近

Americathe USthe USAthe United States

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Statesname

  • 1

    historicalThose parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.

    • The structure will house the United States Army signal corps office which maintains radio and cable communication between Alaska and the States
  • 2

    The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.

    • It wasn't until the Green Shutters was closed down by the States at the beginning of the First World War […] that the whores went into private business in Cornet Street.
    • It has also led credence to the view of the outgoing chief minister that it is a handful of mischief-making existing deputies who are to blame for the perception that this States is already the worst ever.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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