estate
/ɪˈsteɪt/noun
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- an area or amount of land or property, in particular一块土地（或地产）, 尤指：
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- Brit. an area of land and modern buildings developed for residential, industrial, or commercial purposes〈英〉住宅区; 工业区; 商业区。
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- an extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house, owned by one person or organization（乡村的）大片私有土地; 庄园。
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- all the money and property owned by a particular person, especially at death财产（尤指遗产）：
in his will, he divided his estate between his wife and daughter.
他在遗嘱中将财产分给了妻子和女儿。
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- a property where coffee, rubber, grapes, or other crops are cultivated种植园。
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- (in South Africa) a registered vineyard producing wines made exclusively from grapes grown within its boundaries（南非）（专用园内葡萄酿酒的）注册葡萄园。
2
- （亦作estate of the realm）a class or order regarded as forming part of the body politic, in particular (in Britain), one of the three groups constituting Parliament, now the Lords Spiritual (the heads of the Church), the Lords Temporal (the peerage), and the Commons. They are also known as the three estates.（被视为国家组成部分的）阶级（或阶层）（尤指构成英国议会的三大集团之一; 现今这三大集团为：上议院神职议员、上议院世俗议员和下议院议员; 亦称the three estates）。
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- dated a particular class or category of people in society〈旧〉社会阶层：
the spiritual welfare of all estates of men.
各阶层人士的精神幸福。
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- archaic or poetic/literary a particular state, period, or condition in life〈古或诗/文〉（生活）状况; 阶段; 条件：
programmes for the improvement of man's estate
改善人们生活状况的计划
the holy estate of matrimony.
婚姻的神圣性。
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- mass noun grandeur, pomp, or state豪华, 盛况, 庄重：
a chamber without a chair of estate.
连一张像样的椅子都没有的卧室。
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- Brit. short for ESTATE CAR.〈英〉ESTATE CAR的简称。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'state or condition'）： from Old French estat, from Latin status 'state, condition', from stare 'to stand'.