interpellation
英 [ɪnˌtɜː.pəˈleɪ.ʃən]
美 [ɪnˌtɝː.pəˈleɪ.ʃən]
- n. 质询；要求说明（一般由议员在议会中向内阁部长等提出）
英语词源
- 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)).