But his book proved he had that state of knowledge.

但他的书证明了他具备那种知识水平。

You had grown the flowers, and therefore, guilty before you were guilty essentially. Yes. I had the state of knowledge that condemned me.

你种了花，因此，在你本质上有罪之前，你就有罪了。是的。我有谴责我的知识状态。

So, we say 'I know my Father', not 'I am knowing my father', because the relationship feels permanent, and it is a state of knowledge not an activity.

也就是说，我们会说‘我了解我的父亲（一般现在时）’而不是说‘我正在了解我的父亲（正在进行时）’，因为这是一个了解的过程而不是一种动作/行为。

For example, studies done by Einstein in the earyly 20th century may not be appropriate if the writer is discussing the current state of knowledge in physics.

例如，如果作者讨论的是物理学知识的现状，那么爱因斯坦在 20 世纪初所做的研究可能就不合适了。

(Clock ticks) When my scientific colleagues summarized, about a decade ago, for the first time, the state of knowledge on climate tipping points, just one place had strong evidence that it was on a serious downward spiral.

（时钟滴答作响）大约十年前， 当我的科学同事第一次总结有关气候临界点的知识状况时，只有一个地方有强有力的证据表明它正处于严重的螺旋式下降中。