葡萄牙外长辞职

 　　葡萄牙外长辞职

       LISBON, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Portuguese¹ Foreign Minister Paulo Portas on Tuesday said he would quit the government, a day after the shock resignation of the country's Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar.

　　Portas, who is also the leader of the junior partner party in the coalition² government, said in a statement that that he opposed the appointment by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho of Secretary of State of Treasury³ Maria Luis Albuquerque to replace Gaspar as the new finance minister.

　　He said his decision was "irrevocable."

　　"I expressed my opinion to the prime minister in good time. Consequently, and taking into consideration the decisive importance of the finance ministry⁴, staying in the government would be incorrect. Neither politically nor personally sustainable," Portas said.

　　This is the third minister in the coalition government to leave office after Miguel Relvas stepped down as minister of parliamentary affairs in April in the wake of a scandal surrounding his university degree.

　　Monday's shock resignation of Vitor Gaspar, the architect of the country's reforms under its EU-IMF bailout, even triggered calls for an early election.

　　So far, Portugal's PSD or Socialist⁵ Democratic Party has been supported by CDS/PP or People's Party headed by Portas in a coalition government since the parliamentary elections in June 2011.

　　Portas has been in odds⁶ with the coalition government over its tough austerity measures, the reduction of pension in particular, under a 78-billion-euro bailout agreement with international lenders.

1 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

2 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

3 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。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

6 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？