(in a parliament) to formally ask a question of a government minister concerning a matter of policy
The National Assembly is holding a plenary session to interpellate the Justice and Home ministers on the situation relating to prisons.国民议会正在举行全体会议，就监狱的情况向司法部长和内政部长提出质询。
(GIVE IDENTITY)
formal确认（某种特定的）身份
to make someone or something start to exist or to have a particular identity
The child is fully interpellated as a consumer almost before it can articulate a desire.这个孩子几乎还没来得及表达自己的愿望，就完全被当作消费者来对待了。