德国国防部长、中间保守派政客乌苏拉·冯·德莱恩在通过欧洲议会正式委任后,将重返其出生地比利时布鲁塞尔赴任欧盟委员会主席。请看本报周五的报道: Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen, the first woman in history to head the European Commission, is a loyal confidante of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, most recently serving in the tough post of defense minister. The political blue-blood, trained medical doctor and mother of seven was long considered a likely successor to Merkel but had seen her domestic political star fade in recent years. 报道中的blue-blood就是“贵族的”,blue blood (贵族)由西班牙词语sangre azul直接翻译而来。古代西班牙北部有一个王国名叫卡斯提尔(Castile ),现在是西班牙中北部一个地区。过去,卡斯提尔最古老的家族纷纷以拥有纯正的血统为荣,他们相信自己的家族从未和摩尔人、犹太人等异族通过婚,证据就是他们白皙的皮肤上凸显的微微发蓝的静脉血管。 |