福克斯新闻 美国总统奥巴马宣布提名国防部长

Well before the President made the nomination¹ official, Ash Carter was viewed as a top contender for the top job at the Pentagon, serving up until last year as a deputy Defense² Secretary.

在总统提名之前,被视为五角大楼最高职位的头号竞争者的阿什顿·卡特在去年之前一直担任国防部副部长。

“I relied on his expertise³ and I relied on his judgement.”

“我依靠他的专长,而且我依赖他的判断。”

President Obama describing Carter as one of the country's foremost national security leaders-the nominee⁴, pledging…

奥巴马总统称卡特是美国最为重要的国家安全领导人之一，而且这位候选人承诺…

“My most candid⁵ strategic advice.”

“这是我最坦诚的战略建议。”

Key Republicans say they support Carter's nomination, but question if his advice will be taken by the President's inner circle.

核心共和党人表示他们支持卡特的提名,但是对于他的建议是否能被总统核心圈所接受表示质疑。

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。

4 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

5 candid   

adj.公正的，正直的；坦率的

参考例句：

• I cannot but hope the candid reader will give some allowance for it.我只有希望公正的读者多少包涵一些。
• He is quite candid with his friends.他对朋友相当坦诚。