默克尔当选2015《时代》年度人物

 Time magazine on Wednesday named German Chancellor¹ Angela Merkel as its person of the year for 2015, hailing her leadership during debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart. 

当地时间12月9日，德国总理安格拉·默克尔当选（美国）《时代》杂志2015年度人物，《时代》称赞默克尔在处理债务和难民危机中的表现。而这两项危机险些致欧盟分裂。

In power for a decade at the helm of Europe's biggest economy, the world's most powerful woman beat runners-up, the leader of the Islamic State extremist group and Donald Trump² as Time's dominant³ personality of the year. 

执掌欧洲最大经济体十年的默克尔，作为全球最有权势的女性，在《时代》周刊的评选中，力压“伊斯兰国(IS)”极端组织头目和特朗普当选。

"For asking more of her country than most politicians would dare, for standing⁴ firm against tyranny as well as expedience⁵ and for providing steadfast⁶ moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply, Angela Merkel is Time's Person of the Year," wrote editor Nancy Gibbs. 

《时代》主编南希·吉布斯评价称：“因为她比大多数政客更加勇于对她的国家提出要求；因为她对抗暴政与私利的坚定立场；因为她表现出的坚定的道德领导力，这正是这个世界所缺乏的；安格拉·默克尔因此当选2015年《时代》年度人物。”

默克尔当选2015《时代》年度人物

The person of the year accolade⁷ acknowledges what the magazine considers to be the world's biggest newsmaker, or influential⁸ mover. 

该杂志年度风云人物的评选标准是“最有新闻性”或“最有影响力”。

Time magazine lauded⁹ Merkel as the indispensable player in managing the prospect¹⁰ of Greek bankruptcy¹¹, and the migrant and refugee crisis. 

《时代》杂志称赞默克尔在希腊危机和难民危机中扮演了“不可或缺”的角色。

Since the tradition began in 1927, Merkel is only the fourth woman to win. Last year, healthcare workers treating the Ebola epidemic¹² were honored. In 2013, it was Pope Francis. US President Barack Obama has won twice. 

自1927年开始评选以来，默克尔是第四位登顶的女性。去年的获得者为在抗击埃博拉疫情的医疗人员，2013年为教皇方济各。美国总统奥巴马曾两次被评选为年度风云人物。

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the IS extremist group, US Republican presidential candidate Trump, America's Black Lives Matter activists¹³ and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani were named by Time as runners up. 

“伊斯兰国(IS)”极端组织头目巴格达迪、美国共和党总统候选人特朗普、美国黑人权利运动活动家们以及伊朗总统鲁哈尼也在今年的《时代》人物决选名单中。

Vocabulary 

expedience：私利；权宜；方便 

accolade：荣誉；称赞

1 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 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。

3 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 expedience   

n.方便，私利，权宜

参考例句：

• This system has universality, expedience to use, and expansibility in practice. 该系统在使用中具有广泛性、高效性、使用方便性和可扩展性。 来自互联网
• Moral convictions must out-weigh expedience and buck passing. 道德的信念必须重于权宜之计和逃避责任。 来自互联网

6 steadfast   

adj.固定的，不变的，不动摇的；忠实的；坚贞不移的

参考例句：

• Her steadfast belief never left her for one moment.她坚定的信仰从未动摇过。
• He succeeded in his studies by dint of steadfast application.由于坚持不懈的努力他获得了学业上的成功。

7 accolade   

n.推崇备至，赞扬

参考例句：

• Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three-star rating.四家餐馆获授予三星级餐馆的最高荣誉称号。
• The Nobel prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences.诺贝尔奖已成为科学界的最高荣誉。

8 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

9 lauded   

v.称赞，赞美( laud的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They lauded the former president as a hero. 他们颂扬前总统为英雄。 来自辞典例句
• The nervy feats of the mountaineers were lauded. 登山者有勇气的壮举受到赞美。 来自辞典例句

10 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

11 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

12 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

13 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》