mindmap root((状态)) state most often implies the sum of the qualities involved in an existence at a particular time and place: the present ~ of the economy. condition more distinctly implies the effect of immediate or temporary influcences: was left in a feeble ~ after his illness. situation implies an arrangement of circumstances that makes for a particular resulting condition, such as of embarrassment, advantage, or difficulty: struggled to keep abreast of the changing political ~. status applies to one's state or condition as determined with some definiteness, especially for legal administrative purposes or by social or economic consinderations: improved her ~ in the company.