The top US military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, is third, with President Barack Obama only in the fourth slot.
美軍高級將領(lǐng)、海軍上將邁克 馬倫位居第三,美國現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng)奧巴馬僅列第四。
"Some of the people you'll encounter on this list are influential in the traditional sense," Time managing editor Richard Stengel says. "But we also seek out people whose ideas and actions are revolutionizing their fields and transforming lives."
《時代》周刊主編理查德 斯坦格爾說:“上榜者中的有些人具有傳統(tǒng)意義上的影響力,同時我們也在尋找那些用自己的理念和行動為各自的領(lǐng)域和生活帶來變革的人物。”
Vocabulary:
figure skater:花樣滑冰運動員