and nation-states的意思|示意

The entire nation (all 50 states) covers an area of 9 million square kilometers and has a population of 220 million people.

全国50个州的总面积为900万平方公里，人口为2、2亿。

This is important: For its first 30 years - from 1948 to 1956, from 1956 to 1967 and from 1967 to 1973 - Israel bought its timeouts with conventional wars against conventional armies of nation states.

这非常重要：以色列建国前30年——从1948到1956，从1956到1967及从1967到1973年——以色列通过正规战争打败民族国家的正规军获得战争暂歇期。

The historic cities of Europe, which are far older than most nation states, retain a remarkable ability to absorb newcomers and accommodate many different kinds of social reality.

那些欧洲历史上比大多数的民族国家有着更长的历史的著名城市，有一种吸收外来人和容纳许多不同种类的社会现实的非凡能力。

La Nina tends to steer winter storms over the northern states, and El Nino more typically brings storms across the southern tier of the nation.

“拉尼娜”在北部各州会产生冬季风暴，“厄尔尼诺”则倾向于产生能够横跨国家南部各层的风暴。

His actions and his memory enabled America to move beyond a young collection of States to become a free and unified Nation, striving for the promises and principles for which so many fought and died.

他的行动和对他的怀念使美国不再是一批年轻的州的简单聚合，而成为一个自由、统一的国家，力争实现有如此众多的人为之奋斗和牺牲的承诺和原则。

In the past, the United States has thrived when both our nation and our national security policy have adapted to shape change instead of being shaped by it.

过去，当我们的国家及安全政策主动适应变化(而不是被动改变)的时候，美利坚合众国总是能变得兴旺发达。