The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out(逐步淘汰,分阶段停止使用) the traditional Mercator map of the globe in favour of(支持,赞同,选择) one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.
联合国已投票通过一项决议,要求全球正式逐步淘汰传统的墨卡托世界地图,转而采用能更准确显示非洲大小的地图。
In a session at its headquarters in New York, the UN general assembly officially retired(使退役,正式停用) the 16th-century Mercator projection(投影,地图投影法) in favour of one based on the more accurate 2018 Equal Earth design.
在纽约总部的一次会议上,联合国大会正式弃用了16世纪的墨卡托投影,转而采用基于更准确的2018年“等面积地球”设计的地图。
At the session, 164 countries voted in favour of the resolution. Only the US voted no, with its representative saying the resolution was “superfluous(多余的,不必要的)”. There were six abstentions(弃权,弃权票).
会上,164个国家投票赞成该决议。只有美国投了反对票,其代表称该决议“多余”。有六个国家弃权。