每日一字: Roll-Call

Roll Call [N.]

字義:
The reading aloud of a list of names of people, as in a classroom or military post, to determine who is present or absent; a voting process, esp. in the U.S. Congress, in which legislators are called on by name and allowed either to cast their vote or to abstain.
點名; 點名表決

A Model UN conference begins with a roll call, during which staff of the Dais reads aloud the names of each member state in the committee. When a delegate's country's name is called, he or she may respond "present" or "present and voting." A delegate responding "present and voting" may not abstain on a substantive vote. Taking the roll call is important for calcuation of the required votes for different procedures.
模聯會議開始的第一件事便是代表的點名。點名時主席臺的人員會一一唱名，代表聽到自己的代表國名時必須回答"present"或"present and voting." 回答"present and voting"的代表在重大表決中並不能棄權。點名的一個重要意義在於計算每一種投票程序的通過門檻。

衍生:
"Roll" is an official list of names. There are many types of rolls:
"Roll"是點名冊的意思。不同的點名冊有不同的稱呼:
eg. employment roll 員工名冊
pay roll 薪水冊
honor roll 榮譽榜/陣亡將士名冊

例句:
The Chair made a roll call = The Chair called/took the roll.
主席點了名。

The delegate of Hungary was absent at the roll call.
匈牙利代表點名時缺席。

Let's talk about the "roll call voting" in another Word of the Day.
我們下次每日一字再說明"點名表決"。