History remembers Gen Dwight Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe during the second world war, for his role in the D-day(诺曼底登陆日，二战关键战役) invasion of Normandy. Whether Scott Bessent will achieve similar posterity(后世，后代) as the face of the “economic D-day” in Iran remains to be seen(有待观察，尚不确定).
历史铭记德怀特·艾森豪威尔将军，他是二战期间欧洲盟军最高指挥官，因在诺曼底登陆日（D-day）中的角色而名垂青史。斯科特·贝森特能否作为伊朗“经济登陆日”的代表人物而获得类似的后世声誉，仍有待观察。
The US treasury secretary, already trying to manage a $40tn national debt pile(堆，大量), this week took charge of(负责，掌管) Donald Trump’s effort to reverse-engineer(逆向工程，反向拆解) his war of choice. Whereas the US would typically take on an adversary(对手，敌手) with diplomacy, sanctions and military force, in that order(按那个顺序), the US president started with a six-month bombing campaign and now hopes that economic isolation can finish the job(完成工作，了结此事).
这位美国财政部长本已在努力管理40万亿美元的国债堆积，本周又接手了唐纳德·特朗普的一项任务：逆向工程他选择的战争。美国通常会依次通过外交、制裁和军事力量来对抗对手，而总统却以六个月的轰炸行动开场，现在希望经济孤立能完成这项工作。
The effort shines a harsh spotlight on(使……成为焦点，严厉曝光) Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager and former Democratic donor who the president likes to say is “central casting(中央选角，完美人选)” but critics warn is dangerously out of his depth(力不从心，超出能力范围). The coming months could reveal whether Bessent serves as a constraint(约束，限制) on Trump’s worst impulses – or, in fact, enables them beneath a veneer(外表，虚饰) of respectability.
这一努力将严酷的聚光灯照在贝森特身上，他是一位亿万富翁对冲基金经理、前民主党捐助者，总统喜欢说他“像中央选角一样完美”，但批评者警告他危险地力不从心。未来几个月可能会揭示贝森特是约束特朗普最糟糕冲动的力量，还是实际上在体面的外表下助长了这些冲动。