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the state of the art
英：
美：
常用释义：
最先进的、采用最新思想和方法的
目前工艺水平
1、Luckily
the state of the art
is rarely hidden or inaccessible, and is often free.───所幸的是，最新技术几乎不被隐藏或无法访问，它们总是免费的。
2、With a proven industry track record we are constantly redefining what is possible with todays computers and expanding
the state of the art
.───公司取得了公认的业绩，而且我们还在不断重新给现在计算机发展水平进行重新定义。
3、While recent advancements in optimizations for dynamic languages are promising, they lag behind
the state of the art
for static languages.───虽然近年来在动态语言优化方面的提升渐渐浮现希望，但是它们还是落在静态语言的优化艺术的后面。
4、Parthenon temple friezes wait to be hung in the new Acropolis museum in Athens. The state-of-the-art museum is due to open in the autumn.───帕提庙带状雕刻在等着悬挂在雅典新卫城博物馆。国家艺术博物馆，预定在今年秋季开放。
5、This report is prepared to provide
the state of the art
of the seismic behavior as well as seismic design of steel shear walls.───这份报告准备提供地震的行为和钢抗剪力墙的地震的设计的最新水平。
6、My sons seem to think magnetic technology is
the state of the art
. Im not sure where they got this factoid, but it sounded good to me.───我的孩子们似乎认为磁悬浮是目前最先进的技术，我不知道他们从哪儿听说的，这其实并不确切，不过在我听来还不错。
7、The offer came on top of a promise that Brazil would have full access to the technology used in the state-of-the-art military aircraft.───巴西在该合同一开始就承诺，该国将充分利用其最先进军用飞机的顶级技术进行建造该批飞机。
8、This book represents the most up-to-date description of
the state of the art
in laser and light source technology.───这本书在镭射和光源技术里描述最新水准的最流行的描述。
9、Here you review
the state of the art
relevant to your thesis.───这里你要回顾一下与你论文相关的知识的现状。
1、in the state of───处于
2、art the───艺术
3、state of art───目前工艺水平，工艺现状
4、the art───艺术
5、the state───公家；官面儿；国家
6、the art of───艺术
7、the state of───处于……状态；……的国家
8、state of the union───国情咨文
9、indicating the state of───表示…的状态
结语：
state of the art，state of the art 翻译： 工艺现状，STATE OF THE ART(托福词汇)，【例句】IBM claimed that its computers were the state of the art. 【误解】IBM公司声称，他们的计算机达到了艺术水平。为什么state，在谈论到科技或技术时，state-of-the-art是美国人很爱用的一个短语，用中文翻译过来表示最先进的，最高水平的、顶级的，这和这个短语表面看上去的意思不太一样。