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| Processed by: | richwarm (2018-01-15 08:04:41 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 61497 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1) "State of the Union, in the United States, [is] the annual address of the president of the United States to the U.S. Congress." https://www.britannica.com/topic/State-of-the-Union-presidential-address That's 國情咨文, not 國情. 駱家輝在評論布希總統的國情咨文時，這樣描述自己對移民的象徵性意義：「我的祖父大約在一個世紀前從中國移民來美，... Locke himself best summed up his symbolic importance in his response to the State of the Union. "My grandfather came to this country from China..." See also Wp and BB @ 国情咨文. ----------------------------------------- 2) 國情 can refer to the "current state of the country". That's what it means in 國情咨文, for example. ----------------------------------------- 3) Our current def is like most C-E dicts, which tend to repeat the 1978 ACE definition: "condition (or state) of the country; national conditions". However, a more common meaning is missing from these defs. The meaning I'm referring to is more to do with the *character* of the country than its current state. Z's definition is 一个国家的社会性质、政治、经济、文化等方面的基本情况和特点 The defs in C-E dicts fail to reflect the 特点 part of that def. Another def starts off like this: 一个国家的社会性质 ... BB distinguishes two senses of 國情: 一方面指国家的情况，另一方面指国家的社会性质。[...] 所谓国情，是指一个国家的文化历史传统、自然地理环境、社会经济发展状况以及国际关系等各个方面的总和，也是指某一个国家某个时期的基本情况。 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%9B%BD%E6%83%85 And here is Wp's article on 國情: 國情就是區別和特點，就是一個國家與其他國家不同的特殊環境、條件和情況。任何國家都有自己的國情。 國情是由於一個國家或地區在經歷了長期歷史、文化而積澱下來的。國情在一定時空範圍下比較穩定，一定時期的國情必然呈現出相對應的體制和文化。當然，國情時時處在發展變化中，因此也是可以改變的，只是必須經過長時間的發展變化，才能將國情的改變部分持久地穩定下來。值得指出的是，目前學術界對國情的探討既有客觀探究的一面，也有以所謂「國情」為擋箭牌，過分強調本國特色而拒絕世界潮流的保守一面。關鍵在於「國情」是否被任意解讀來達到自己的特有目的。 Examples: 而國情不同，有事沒事跟員工強調守法的重要和觸法的嚴重性，也會讓員工覺得自己「不被信任」。 Moreover, the national attitude is different [from the US]. In Taiwan, continuously stressing to employees the importance of obeying the law and the seriousness of breaking it makes employees feel that they are not trusted. (That's not a comment on the current state of the country.) 深化改革的核心在于建立起符合中国国情的市场经济体制； 依國情不同，並非所有先進國家都會以制訂政策的方式來挽救家庭變遷。 Because conditions differ from land to land, not every developed country can rescue the changing family by means of public policy. 每個國家的國情各有不同。比方說，一套適合法國或英國的制度，未必在美國行得通。 Well, every country is different. What works in France or in England obviously doesn't work here [in the United States]. 的確，馬來人、華人、印度人三大族群鼎立，型塑了馬來西亞獨特的國情與文化。 The Malays, Chinese, and Indians are the three ethnic ingredients that make up the unique nation and culture that is Malaysia. 話說回來，由於國情、文化的差異，台灣的NPO組織也有許多不同於其他國家的「特色」。 Because of Taiwan's unique cultural and national ideologies, Taiwan's NPOs have several things that make them stand out from their cousins abroad. 至於我國該如何發展適合國情的地震預警系統？ How should we develop an earthquake warning system that is appropriate to Taiwan? 這次卻出現強烈反彈聲浪，認為國際人權組織未尊重台灣國情，不顧民眾心情，直指才剛被揭開的傷口痛處。 Many argued that international human rights organizations were failing to respect Taiwan’s local conditions and culture, and to take into account the feelings of its people. --------------------------------- 4) I don't think the old ACE gloss "national conditions" is much good. It's not a common collocation in English, and it's not clear exactly what it refers to. It certainly doesn't sound like a reference to the *character* of a country. |
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- 國情 国情 [guo2 qing2] /current state of a country/national conditions/(US) State of the Union/ + 國情 国情 [guo2 qing2] /the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country/current state of a country/ + 國情咨文 国情咨文 [Guo2 qing2 Zi1 wen2] /State of the Union Address (US)/ |