The second was a secretary of the treasury who knew less about finance.

第二位是财政部长，他对金融知识知之甚少。

He quickly decided who would be his secretary of state and secretary of the treasury.

他很快就决定了国务卿和财政部长的人选。

Then he brought in someone new as secretary of the treasury. That turned out to be a mistake.

随后，他又请来一位新人出任财政部长。这是个错误的安排。

For secretary of the treasury, Washington chose Alexander Hamilton.

对于财政部长， 华盛顿选择了亚历山大·汉密尔顿。

Alexander Hamilton was the United States' first secretary of the treasury, which is the part of the government that handles the country's money.

亚历山大·汉密尔顿是美国的第一任财政部长，也就是处理国家财富的政府部门。

Like the first three American presidents, Madison had a small cabinet. There would be a secretary of state and a secretary of the treasury.

和美国前三任总统一样，麦迪逊也有一个小规模的内阁，内阁将有一个国务卿和一个财政部长。

Today, Americans remember Alexander Hamilton as the architect of America’s banking and economic system. He was the first secretary of the treasury and created America’s central bank.

今天，美国人民牢记银行体系和经济体系的创造者亚历山大·汉密尔顿。他是首个财务部长，创立了美国中央银行。

One was a secretary of state who knew very little about foreign relations. The second was a secretary of the treasury who knew less about finance. The third was a secretary of war who knew nothing about military matters and defense.

这三个人一个是国务卿，但是对外交关系一无所知；一个是财政部长，但是对金融理财一窍不通，还有一个是战争部长，但却是军事国防的门外汉。