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seek statehood
指一个地区争取获得州的正式地位。
The territory is seeking statehood.
该领地正在寻求成为州。
州（或国家）的地位；州（或国家）资格
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
州（或国家）的地位；州（或国家）资格
the condition or status of being a state, especially as a political entity
The territory is seeking statehood.
该领地正在寻求成为州。
作为州(联邦国家中自治行政区划)的属性。
The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.
成为国家的地位或状态。
The condition of being a country.
After the referendum, the territory formally requested statehood.
公投之后，该领地正式申请成为一个州。
Their campaign for statehood lasted more than ten years.
他们争取成为一个州的运动持续了十多年。
Many people believe that statehood would bring economic benefits.
许多人认为，成为一个州会带来经济效益。
指一个地区争取获得州的正式地位。
The territory is seeking statehood.
该领地正在寻求成为州。
Not this
The territory wants to become a statehood.
Use this
The territory wants to become a state.
statehood 是抽象名词，意为“州的地位/资格”，不指具体的州。想表达“成为一个州”时，应使用 a state，不能把 statehood 当作可数的地理实体来用。
Not this
Hawaii was admitted in statehood in 1959.
Use this
Hawaii was admitted to statehood in 1959.
固定搭配为 be admitted to (statehood)，表示“获准取得州的地位”；介词 in 不能表达“获准加入、进入”的含义，此处是误用。
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寻求州地位
The territory has been seeking statehood for over a century.
该领地一个多世纪以来一直在寻求州地位。
获得州地位；实现建州
Alaska achieved statehood in 1959.
阿拉斯加于1959年获得州地位。
授予州地位；批准建州
Congress granted statehood to the territory in 1889.
国会于1889年授予该领地州地位。
建州运动
The statehood movement gained momentum in the early 1900s.
建州运动在20世纪初势头增强。
州地位公投；建州公投
Residents voted in a statehood referendum last November.
居民去年11月参加了州地位公投。
获准建州；接纳为州
The treaty did not guarantee admission to statehood.
该条约并未保证获准建州。
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statehood = state（州）+ hood（身份/状态），想象一块土地戴上兜帽（hood），正式成为美国的一个州，获得州的地位。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文书、政治报道、学术论文 该词比较正式，通常出现在法律、政治或国际关系的书面讨论中；日常口语里不常用。
None of the -hood words below rhymes with statehood /ˈsteɪthʊd/. They all share the spelling and the /hʊd/ suffix sound, but the stressed vowels differ (childhood /aɪ/, adulthood /ʌ/, neighborhood /eɪ/, likelihood /aɪ/, livelihood /aɪ/, motherhood /ʌ/). Note also that in statehood the letters 'th' represent /t/ + /h/, not the /θ/ sound in 'think'.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.