Upstate means the northern part of a US state, away from the big city in the south of it — and it is almost always about New York. 'She lives upstate' means she lives in New York State but well away from New York City. 'We drove upstate for the weekend' means north, into small towns, farms, mountains, quiet. It works as an adverb (go upstate, live upstate — with no 'to' and no 'in'), as an adjective (upstate New York, an upstate town), and loosely as a noun.

UpstateUpstate means the northern part of a US state, away from the big city in the south of it指的是美國一個州比較北邊的部分，遠離那個州南邊的大城市 — and it is almost always about New York而且幾乎都是在講紐約州. 'She lives upstate'『She lives upstate』 means she lives in New York State but well away from New York City意思是她住在紐約州，但離紐約市很遠. 'We drove upstate for the weekend'『We drove upstate for the weekend』 means north, into small towns, farms, mountains, quiet意思是往北開，開到小鎮、農場、山區，安靜的地方. It works as an adverb (go upstate, live upstate — with no 'to' and no 'in')它可以當副詞用(go upstate、live upstate——不加『to』也不加『in』), as an adjective (upstate New York, an upstate town)也可以當形容詞用(upstate New York、an upstate town), and loosely as a noun還可以比較鬆散地當名詞用.

Here is the thing dictionaries often make too tidy. 'Upstate' is not really a compass reading; it is a feeling about a place. For many New Yorkers, upstate begins wherever the city stops mattering, and where exactly that is depends entirely on who you ask — people who live an hour north will insist they are not upstate at all, while someone in Manhattan may call anything past the suburbs upstate. So the word carries an idea of rural, slower, cheaper, colder, further from everything.

Here is the thing dictionaries often make too tidy字典常常會把這件事講得太整齊. 'Upstate' is not really a compass reading『Upstate』其實不太算是一個方位的說法; it is a feeling about a place它比較是對一個地方的一種感覺. For many New Yorkers, upstate begins wherever the city stops mattering對很多紐約客來說，upstate是從『紐約市不再重要』的地方開始算起, and where exactly that is depends entirely on who you ask而那到底是哪裡，完全看你問的是誰 — people who live an hour north will insist they are not upstate at all住在往北開一小時的人會堅持自己根本不算upstate, while someone in Manhattan may call anything past the suburbs upstate而住在曼哈頓的人可能會把郊區以外的任何地方都叫upstate. So the word carries an idea of rural, slower, cheaper, colder, further from everything所以這個字帶著一種鄉下、步調較慢、比較便宜、比較冷、離一切都比較遠的感覺.

A few other states use it, most notably South Carolina, where the Upstate is the north-western region. But if you meet the word with no state named, assume New York. This is American English. It is not used in Britain, and it means nothing in a country that has no states.

A few other states use it, most notably South Carolina有少數其他州也會用這個字，最有名的是南卡羅來納州, where the Upstate is the north-western region那裡的『the Upstate』是指西北部地區. But if you meet the word with no state named但如果你遇到這個字，而且沒有指名是哪一州, assume New York就假設是紐約. This is American English這是美式英文. It is not used in Britain英國不會用這個字, and it means nothing in a country that has no states而在一個沒有『州』這種行政區的國家，這個字也沒有意義.