NBC晚间新闻 拉里萨默斯退出竞选美联储主席

Larry Summers withdraws bid for Fed chairman

拉里萨默斯退出竞选美联储主席

Former Treasury¹ Secretary Larry Summers withdrew himself for consideration as a successor to Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. NBC’s Chuck Todd reports.

前财政部长拉里萨默斯撤回作为美联储主席本伯南克继任者的意向。NBC的Chuck Todd报道。

Late today news that one of the top candidates to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve has withdrawn² his name. Our chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd has more on this for us. Chuck?

reporter: Well, good evening, Lester. Ben Bernanke, who is currently the Federal Reserve chair, his term runs out at the beginning of the year. At some point in the next several weeks it is expected the president will nominate a replacement³ for Bernanke, who said he doesn't want a third term. The leading candidate for a long time had been Larry Summers, a former treasury secretary in the Clinton years, but a key economic adviser⁴ of the president. But over the last few weeks there has been a concerted campaign against Larry Summers from the president's left, from democrats⁵, a fourth democratic senator in the last 48 hours came out against Larry Summers if he was nominated and in his withdrawaller, Lester. Larry admitted it was going to be a tough confirmation⁶ process, which is why he withdrew. Now the leading candidate appears to be Janet Yellin. She is number two at the Federal Reserve there. If she does get nominated, be the first woman to ever hold the post. But two other candidates to keep in mind potentially, Donald Cone⁷, a former number two at the Federal Reserve, and former treasure secretary Tim Geithner, who has always been the president's first choice to be Federal Reserve chair, but Geithner has said no to him multiple times.

1 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

2 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

3 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

4 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

5 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》

6 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

7 cone   

n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果

参考例句：

• Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
• The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。