出于對陳水扁上臺以來“施政無方”及親屬、親信涉及多起弊案的不滿，國民黨和親民黨于本月初提案罷免陳水扁。臺“立法院”6月27日上午就此案進行記名投票，結果由于民進黨籍“立委”全部沒有到場，只有133名“立委”參加投票，其中同意票119票，不同意票0票，無效票14票。罷免案未獲通過。

請看外電相關報道：Scandal-plagued Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian survived the island's first-ever bid to recall a "president" yesterday after the opposition-led campaign expectedly failed to get through the "legislature."

Only 119 "lawmakers" in the 221-member "Legislative Yuan" voted for the recall motion far short of the two-thirds majority, or 148 votes needed to pass the motion calling for a public referendum on whether to oust Chen.

Recall一般用作動詞，表示回憶、回想，跟remember 近義。在這里用作“罷免”，其英文釋義是“the procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote”，即公民通過投票撤消某個官員的職務。例如： He has repeatedly said that the timing is not right for recalling the president. (他一再說罷免總統的時間尚未成熟)。文中的recall motion即“罷免案”。

另外，在這里順便提一下另一個危機官職的詞匯impeach，意思是to charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal，在適宜的法庭上指控（官員）在職期間有不正當行為，即“彈劾”。新聞中的public referendum指的是“公投”。



(英語點津實習生劉靜）