suffrage

英 [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]

美 [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]

n.  选举权; 投票权

复数：suffrages　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

BNC.10761 / COCA.16498

牛津词典

noun

• 选举权；投票权
  the right to vote in political elections
  1. universal suffrage (= the right of all adults to vote)
     普选权
  2. women's suffrage
     妇女的选举权

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 选举权;投票权
  Suffrageis the right of people to vote for a government or national leader.
  1. He was an advocate of universal suffrage as a basis for social equality.
     他提倡普选权，认为这是社会公平的基础。
  2. ...the women's suffrage movement.
     争取妇女选举权的运动

英英释义

noun

• a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution
  1. American women got the vote in 1920
  Synonym:right to votevote

双语例句

• The voters gave their suffrage to him.
  投票人都投票选他。
• They robbed thousands of voters of their suffrage.
  他们剥夺了成千上万选民的选举权。
• Hong Kong is drafting proposals to introduce universal suffrage for the 2017 poll for chief executive.
  香港正草拟相关提议，以便在2017年选举行政长官时引入普选制度。
• Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
  选举权过去是白人成年男子的特权。
• A man of renowned power or authority. suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
  王握有权柄或有权威的男子选举权过去是白人成年男子的特权。
• And that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the senate.
  任何一州，没有它的同意，不得被剥夺它在参议院中的平等投票权。
• The ultimate aim is the election of both the chief executive and the entire legislature through universal suffrage.
  最终目标是行政长官和整个立法会均透过普选产生。
• Women suffrage will not, to say the truth. add to the political confusion.
  说真的，妇女拥有选举权并不会增加政治上的混乱。
• There is no sign of a major change in beijing's stance over universal suffrage.
  没有迹象显示中央政府对普选的立场有重大改变。
• Geographical constituency elections are held on the basis of universal suffrage.
  地方选区选举以普选方式进行。