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

• Geographical constituency elections are held on the basis of universal suffrage.
  地方选区选举以普选方式进行。
• The president is elected directly by adult suffrage.
  总统是直接通过成年人普选产生的。
• Suffrage is universal over 18.
  凡年满18岁者都有选举权。
• She was a strong advocate of women's suffrage.
  她是女性选举权的坚定倡导者。
• Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
  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。
• 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！
• We have spent enough time and effort over the past two years on the question of universal suffrage and we should refocus and redeploy our time and energy on other matters, he said.
  梁振英表示：过去两年，我们已在普选的问题上花费了足够多的时间和精力。我们应该将时间和精力重新聚焦和部署到其他事务上。
• In England, women suffrage was established in1928.
  在英国，女性投票权是在1928年确立的。
• Women had to fight for their suffrage.
  妇女须为享有选举权而斗争。