1. 1州(或國家)的地位、建州/建國資格

    Statehood is the official condition of being a fully recognized state — either a U.S. state that is a full member of the country (like when Hawaii gained statehood in 1959), or a country recognized as an independent nation by others. 'Achieving statehood' or 'seeking statehood' are common phrases, mostly seen in and history, like discussions about Puerto Rico or Palestine.

core核心畫面

組成state + -hood (a suffix meaning 'the condition of being', as in 'childhood' or 'neighborhood').

同家族的字

  • childhoodshares the -hood ending, meaning a condition or period of being something
  • neighborhoodshares the -hood ending

原始詞典資料2 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。

statehoodnoun/ˈsteɪthʊd/

  • 1

    The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.

    • Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959, when it became the 49th state of the United States.
  • 2

    The condition of being a country.

    • Medvedev cited these supposed “Western analysts” in order to propagate Russia’s colonial fantasy: envisioning Ukraine’s territory reduced to just the Kyiv region, while the remainder of Ukraine would be divided among Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Such a narrative recalls Putin’s February 2022 speech questioning Ukraine’s statehood and accompanies intensifying Russian calls to expand its “special military operation” to realize its imperial map.

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