单词state--of--the--union--address
n.: 国情咨文（美国总统就政府业绩和规划在国会所作的年度讲话）
网络: 国情咨文演说；国情咨文演讲；年度国情咨文
国情咨文（美国总统就政府业绩和规划在国会所作的年度讲话）:
(in the US) a speech about the achievements and plans of the government that the President gives to Congress once a year
In the age of instant communication , a State of the Union address is less a speech than a chance to reboot .
在一个即时通信的时代，国情咨文演说与其说是一个演说，不如是一次重头再来的机会。
He made that threat during his State of the Union address and again as recently as a few days ago.
他曾在国情咨文演说中威胁动用否决权，就在几天前也曾做过这种表态。
South America: When was the last time that you heard an American president utter the words "South America" in a State of the Union address?
南美：最后一次听到美国总统在国情咨文演说嘴里冒出“南美”这个词是什么时候？
After President Obama"s State of the Union Address in January, Mr. Weiner was among the last to leave the House Chamber.
今年1月，在总统奥巴马发表国情咨文演说后，韦纳是最后几个离开国会的议员之一。
U. S. President Barack Obama is preparing to deliver his State of the Union Address at a time of political turmoil in Washington.
正值华盛顿政局波动之际，美国总统奥巴马准备发表他的国情咨文。
And in his State of the Union address that December he said that two and a half million Americans were unemployed.
在他12月发布的国情咨文里，他说有2.5百万的美国人失业。
Sarkozy changed the French constitution to allow himself to give a "state of the union" address to both houses of Parliament at once.
2008年，萨科齐改变法国宪法，允许他同时在国会两院发表“国情咨文”演讲。
President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
年，杜鲁门总统在他的国情咨文中宣布美国已经开发了一颗氢弹。
Back in January, in my State of the Union Address, I warned of the danger posed by a Supreme Court ruling called Citizens United.
今年一月，在我的国情咨文中，我就对最高法院对公民联合团体作出的裁决结果做出警告。
This constitutional requirement has evolved into the president"s annual State of the Union address, which now serves several purposes.
这项宪法规定后来演变成总统每年发表国情咨文的惯例。