interpellation
英 [ɪn,tɜːpe'leɪʃən]
美 [,ɪntɚpɛ'leʃən]
- n. 质询;要求说明(一般由议员在议会中向内阁部长等提出)
英文词源
- interpellation (n.)
- late 15c., "an appeal," from Latin interpellationem, noun of action from past participle stem of interpellare "to interrupt by speaking," from inter "between" (see inter-) + pellare, collateral form of pellere "to drive" (see pulse (n.1)).