NBC晚间新闻 特朗普任命米克·马瓦尼为代理白宫幕僚长

Tonight, the president filling washington’s biggest job opening, at least for now, tweeting that Mick Mulvaney will be the acting¹ white house chief of staff, saying he’s done an outstanding job while while in the administration. Mulvaney is the current budget director and a former member of congress with allies on both sides of the aisle². Mick Mulvaney has done a fantastic job.

It caps what was a suspenseful³ and sometimes chaotic⁴ search with questions if the president was having trouble filling the job, one of the most highly coveted⁵ in washington. Who is the president’s front-runner for chief of staff? I'm not saying, although i know the answer. I’m not telling you. Just today, longtime ally and former New Jersey⁶ governor Chris Christie dropping out of consideration and talks fell apart with Nick Ayers, who had the same role for vice⁷ president Pence, but the president just last night insisting he had plenty of people on his short list. Five people, really good ones, terrific people, mostly good ones, mostly well-known. Current chief of staff John Kelly will leave at the end of the year, pictured with his predecessor⁸, all smiles, at a white house christmas party last night.

今晚，特朗普总统将填补政府最高的职位空缺，至少现在来看是最高的职位。特朗普在推特中说道，米克·马瓦尼将成为代理白宫办公厅主任，他在政府任职期间工作出色。马瓦尼之前是国会议员，且与两党联盟，现任预算主管一职。马瓦尼工作非常出色。白宫办公厅主任是政府中最令人垂涎的职位之一，确定这个人选是个有悬念的而且有时混乱的事情，人们想知道特朗普是否难以确定最终的人选。谁是总统的白宫办公厅主任的领先竞争者?虽然我知道答案，但是我是不会说的，我不会告诉你的。就在今天，特朗普的长期盟友、前新泽西州州长克里斯·克里斯蒂退出了竞选，他与尼克·艾尔斯的会谈也谈崩了，后者也担任过副总统彭斯身边的相同职务。但是昨晚特朗普总统坚持说他的名单上有很多候选人。五个人，非常棒的人，大部分是非常棒的人，大部分是众所周知的人。现任白宫办公厅主任约翰·凯利将于今年年底离任，照片为他与前任主任在昨晚的白宫圣诞派对上笑容满面地合影。

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

3 suspenseful   

adj.悬疑的，令人紧张的

参考例句：

• If his experiences then had been carefully recorded, it would undoubtedly have made a suspenseful and moving book. 若是把他所经历的事实记录下来，那就是一部充满着大智大勇，惊心动魄的小说。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Lily is an atmospheric and suspenseful tale of love, loss and obsession. 这是一个关于爱情、失落与迷恋的故事，充满情调与悬疑色彩。 来自互联网

4 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

5 coveted   

adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图

参考例句：

• He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
• Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

7 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。

8 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。