Another rule helped the delegates speak freely. It was a method of debate called the committee of the whole.

大会的另外一项规则帮助代表们畅所欲言，即全体委员会的辩论方法。

Each morning at ten o'clock, the convention met and declared it was sitting as a committee of the whole.

每天上午十点钟，大会人员聚集在一起，宣布其为全体委员会。

Just before four o'clock in the afternoon, the committee of the whole declared it was sitting again as a convention.

下午四点钟之前，全体委员会宣布其为制宪会议。

To have the Philadelphia convention become a committee of the whole, the delegates needed to elect a chairman of the committee.

为了使制宪会议成为一个全体委员会，代表们需要推举委员会主席。

To have the Philadelphia convention become a committee of the whole, the delegates needed to elect a chairman of the committee. They chose Nathaniel Gorham, a judge from Massachusetts.

为了让费城会议成为" 全体委员会" ，与会代表推选来自麻萨诸塞的法官纳撒尼尔·戈勒姆担任委员会主席。

Each morning at ten o'clock, the convention met and declared it was sitting as a committee of the whole. George Washington then left the president's chair. Nathaniel Gorham took his place.

每天早上十点，大会代表聚在一起，宣布大会是" 全体委员会" ，乔治·华盛顿起身离开大会主席的座位，让委员会主席纳撒尼尔·戈勒姆坐下。

As early as July, 1775, Congress resolved to go into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, and Franklin, undaunted by the fate of his Albany plan of twenty years before, again presented a draft of a constitution.

早在 1775 年 7 月，国会就决定成立一个全体委员会来讨论联邦状况， 而富兰克林对 20 年前奥尔巴尼计划的命运毫不畏惧，再次提出了宪法草案。