精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上1staten. 情形, 状态, 国家, 政府, 州 vt.声明, 陈述, 规定For the century before Johnsons Dictionary was published in 1775 there had been concern about the state of the English language.statementn.声明, 陈述, 综述2specialadj.特别的, 特殊的, 专门的especiallyadv.尤其,特别specializationn.特殊化, 专门化specialisev.专业化,专门研究specialisedadj. 专门的, 专科的In the 19th century, new, specialised, professional societies were instituted to promote and publish in the new disciplines.specialist