纽约时报 伊朗问题和金正恩问题 特朗普与博尔顿各执一词(4)

Speculation¹ arose when the national security adviser² skipped the state dinner, although it was not clear why.

这位国家安全顾问缺席国宴一事引发了人们的种种猜测，不过缺席原因尚不清楚。

But rather than fly home with the president, as an aide worried about his position might do,

博尔顿没有像一个担心自己职位的助手一样和总统一道飞回家，

Mr. Bolton flew directly to the United Arab Emirates for meetings,

而是直接飞去阿拉伯联合酋长国参加会议去了，

a sign to his allies of the confidence he has in his relationship with Mr. Trump³.

在他的盟友们来看，这表明，他对自己与特朗普的关系是充满信心的。

“Ambassador Bolton works for the president, and the president sets the policy,”

“博尔顿大使负责为总统工作，总统负责制定政策，”

said Fred Fleitz, the president of the Center for Security Policy who was Mr. Bolton’s chief of staff until last year.

安全政策研究中心主任，去年之前一直担任博尔顿幕僚长的弗雷德·弗雷茨说道。

“Bolton has said for years: ‘Look, I work for the guy who won the election. He sets the policy.’

“多年来博尔顿一直说：‘听着，我是负责为赢得选举的那个人工作的。政策是他制定的。’

That’s always been his approach under any president he’s worked for.”

辅佐每一位总统时他都会经常这么说。”

It was left to the State Department to try to clean up the confusion on Tuesday,

周二，国务院宣布“朝鲜的整个W.M.D计划”，W.M.D.指的就是大规模杀伤性武器，

when it declared that “the entire North Korean W.M.D. program,” referring to weapons of mass destruction,

“都与联合国安理会的决议冲突了，”该决议可能也针对了短程导弹，

is “in conflict with the U.N. Security Council resolutions,” which would presumably include the short-range missiles.

这样一来，便轮到国务院来清理混乱局面了。

For his part, Mr. Bolton has privately⁴ expressed his own frustration⁵ with the president, according to several officials,

据几名官员称，博尔顿私下里也表达了他对总统的不满，

viewing him as unwilling⁶ to push for more transformative changes in the Middle East.

认为总统不愿意推动中东发生更大的变革。

At the same time, his allies said he had been misunderstood,

就在此时，他的盟友们则说他被误解了，

cast as favoring military action in Venezuela, for instance, when in fact they say he does not.

比如，他被视为支持委内瑞拉采取军事行动的一派，其实，他们说，他的态度并非如此。

But Mr. Bolton is an inveterate⁷ disrupter, eagerly upsetting the status quo in furtherance of his policy goals.

但博尔顿的确是个急于打破现状，推进他的政策目标并且积习已深的破坏分子。

He has never seemed to worry much about offending others;

他似乎从来都不太担心冒犯到他人；

he does not appear to care much about being liked.

好像也不太在乎别人是否喜欢他。

He came into the job last year saying he hoped to emulate⁸ the process Brent Scowcroft ran under President George Bush,

去年上任时他表示，他希望效仿布伦特·斯考克罗夫特在乔治·布什总统时期的做法，

but he has had his own conflicts with the Pentagon and the State Department.

但他与五角大楼和国务院都发生过冲突。

In reorganizing the national security apparatus⁹,

在重组国家安全机构的过程中，

Mr. Bolton eliminated some meetings of the highest-ranking officials known as the principals’ committee, or P.C.,

博尔顿取消了部分被称为“首长委员会”（简称P.C.）的最高级别官员会议。

in favor of what are called “paper P.C.s,” meaning documents that are distributed.

更倾向于举行所谓的“书面P.C.”，书面是指会分发文档。

Cabinet officers rarely complain about fewer meetings,

会议减少时内阁官员很少会抱怨，

but this may lessen¹⁰ opportunities to air points of contention¹¹ in person.

但这样以来，当面提出争议的机会就可能变少。

Mr. Bolton then provides briefings on issues for the president, allowing him to control the flow of information.

之后，博尔顿会给总统准备有关问题的简报，让他来控制信息的流通。

Mr. Bolton and his allies have said he makes a point of ensuring that all views on major issues get aired before the president,

博尔顿本人及其盟友都说，他强调要确保关于重大问题的所有观点都会呈给总统，

and he does not try to block other officials from seeing Mr. Trump directly.

他也不会阻止其他官员与特朗普见面。

He has breakfast once a week with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

大家都在的时候，博尔顿每周都会与国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥，

and Acting¹² Defense¹³ Secretary Patrick Shanahan when everyone is in town.

以及代理国防部长帕特里克·沙纳汉共进早餐。

1 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

2 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。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

5 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

6 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

7 inveterate   

adj.积习已深的，根深蒂固的

参考例句：

• Hitler was not only an avid reader but also an inveterate underliner.希特勒不仅酷爱读书，还有写写划划的习惯。
• It is hard for an inveterate smoker to give up tobacco.要一位有多年烟瘾的烟民戒烟是困难的。

8 emulate   

v.努力赶上或超越，与…竞争；效仿

参考例句：

• You must work hard to emulate your sister.你必须努力工作，赶上你姐姐。
• You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior.你们必须观看这部电影，并尽力模仿他的动作。

9 apparatus   

n.装置，器械；器具，设备

参考例句：

• The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机。
• They had a very refined apparatus.他们有一套非常精良的设备。

10 lessen   

vt.减少，减轻；缩小

参考例句：

• Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
• They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。

11 contention   

n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张

参考例句：

• The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
• The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。

12 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。

13 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。