11月22日,德国基民盟领袖安吉拉·默克尔正式宣誓就任二战后德国第八任总理,她也是德国历史上首名女总理。外电报道如下:
Lawmakers voted 397 to 202 with 12 abstentions to make Merkel Germany's eighth leader
since World War II, succeeding Gerhard Schroeder, whose seven-year
government of Social Democrats and Greens was ousted by voters Sept. 18.
报道中的abstention指的是“弃权”,abstention from
voting意思就是“弃权不投票”。Abstention有“节制、克制”的意思,比如:abstention from alcoholic
liquors(戒酒);abstention from exerting
pressures(不施加压力)。
(中国日报网站编) |