suffrage

英 [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]

美 [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]

n.  选举权; 投票权

复数：suffrages　

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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

• I've elected economics this year. manhood [ woman] suffrage
  今年我选修了经济学。成年男子[妇女]选举权
• As one anti-suffrage agitator wrote in The New York Times in 1871, Suffrage!
  一个反对女性参政的煽动者，在1871年的《纽约时报》上写道：选举权！
• She was a strong advocate of women's suffrage.
  她是女性选举权的坚定倡导者。
• Women had to fight for their suffrage.
  妇女须为享有选举权而斗争。
• 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。
• 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。
• Second, male suffrage was generally accepted in the United States by the early years of the19th century;
  其次，19世纪初美国已经普遍实行男子选举权制度。
• People have been demanding a legislature chosen by universal suffrage.
  民众要求立法机关通过普选的方式选出。
• The city's constitution says universal suffrage is the goal, but is vague on the timing.
  《香港基本法》规定了“全民普选”是个目标，但没有说明什么时候实行。
• Suffrage is universal over 18.
  凡年满18岁者都有选举权。