美国当选总统拜登周三宣布提名皮特▪布蒂吉格出任交通部长。布蒂吉格现年38岁，拥有牛津大学政治学与经济学硕士学位，曾担任印第安纳州南本德市市长。请看本报周五的报道：

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden introduced Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday as his nominee for transportation secretary, calling the 38-year-old ex-mayor “a new voice, with new ideas determined to move past old politics.”

If confirmed, Buttigieg, a former city leader of South Bend, Indiana, would be the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet post.

Buttigieg also represents a second “first” as a millennial. Buttigieg is the youngest of Biden’s nominees thus far and the first person of his generation to be nominated for a Cabinet-level position. The average age of Biden nominees to date is 59.

报道中的millennial本意是“千禧年的”，引申为“千禧一代”，也称为“Y世代”，指出生于1980和1990年代，在21世纪初成年的人。