乌拉圭任命新经济部长

 　　乌拉圭任命新经济部长

　　MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Uruguayan President Jose Mujica announced Monday that Central Bank President Mario Bergara will succeed Fernando Lorezo as the economy minister.

　　Bergara, who will be sworn in Thursday, will follow the main guidelines of the government's economic policy and attend the last cabinet meeting of this year on Friday, Mujica told a press briefing outside his residence in Montevideo.

　　The 48-year-old Bergara, an economist¹, has been heading the central bank since 2008.

　　Lorenzo, facing allegations that he took part in the irregular sale of bankrupt national airline Pluna, resigned Saturday, saying he did not want to interfere² in an investigation³ brought against him by the Attorney General's office.

　　Meanwhile, according to official sources, Uruguay's central bank will be led by Alberto Grana, the bank's current director of economic policy and markets.

1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

2 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。