美联社新闻一分钟 AP 美国首位“出柜”运输部长正式入阁

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

The Canadian government has designated the Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity¹, noting that they played a pivotal role in the US Capitol insurrection January 6. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the US is conducting a domestic extremism review of the Proud Boys group.

加拿大政府已将“骄傲男孩”组织列为恐怖组织，并指出他们在1月6日的美国国会暴乱中扮演了关键角色。白宫新闻秘书Jen Psaki表示，美国正在对“骄傲男孩”组织进行国内极端主义审查。

House Democrats² are pressing for a vote to remove representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments. New York Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries calls the Georgia Republican "a QAnon caucus³ leader."

众议院民主党人正在推动投票，解除代表玛乔丽·泰勒·格林的委员会职务。纽约州民主党众议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯(Hakeem Jeffries)称这位乔治亚州共和党人是“匿名者Q”阴谋论的领导者。

Pete Buttigieg has been sworn in by Vice⁴ President Kamala Harris as the new Secretary of Transportation. The Senate approved his nomination⁵, making Buttigieg the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet post.

副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯宣布任命皮特·布蒂吉格为新任运输部长。参议院批准了他的提名，使布蒂吉格成为首位公开同性恋身份的内阁成员。

1 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 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。