鲍里斯·约翰逊被任命为英国外交部长_时事要闻

鲍里斯·约翰逊被任命为英国外交部长

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2016-07-14 08:42 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson was Wednesday night appointed Foreign Secretary by Britain's new Prime Minister Theresa May.

伦敦前市长鲍里斯·约翰逊周三晚被新任首相特雷莎·梅任命为外交部长。

Until now a back-bencher, the promotion¹ will cascade² Johnson onto the world stage. Johnson served as Mayor of London from 2008 until this year when he was replaced by Sadiq Khan. He was elected last year as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, but had served previously³ as an MP from 2001, resigning in 2008 when he became Mayor of London.

He has taken over the job from Philip Hammond who has replaced George Osborne as Chancellor⁴ of the Exchequer⁵.

May has also created a new cabinet job, Secretary of State for Brexit, likely to be called the Brexit Secretary, tasked with steering⁶ Britain out of Europe following last month's referendum vote.

The job has been handed to David Davis who has previously served as a Europe Minister. Current Defense⁷ Secretary Michael Fallon has kept his job.

After Cameron resigned as prime minister following the Remain camp's defeat in the EU referendum, Johnson had been tipped as a favorite to replace him at 10 Downing Street. But on the day nominations⁸ closed Johnson caused a shock by announcing he had decided⁹ not to stand in the leadership contest.

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1 promotion
n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传
参考例句：
The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。 The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

2 cascade
n.小瀑布，喷流；层叠；vi.成瀑布落下
参考例句：
She watched the magnificent waterfall cascade down the mountainside.她看着壮观的瀑布从山坡上倾泻而下。 Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls.她的卷发像瀑布一样垂在肩上。

3 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。 Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 chancellor
n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长
参考例句：
They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。 He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

5 exchequer
n.财政部；国库
参考例句：
In Britain the Chancellor of the Exchequer deals with taxes and government spending.英国的财政大臣负责税务和政府的开支。 This resulted in a considerable loss to the exchequer.这使国库遭受了重大损失。

6 steering
n.操舵装置
参考例句：
He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。 Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。

7 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。

8 nominations
n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。来自《简明英汉词典》 Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。来自辞典例句

9 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

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