单词 | suffrage |
释义 | suffragesuf‧frage /ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsuffrage ExamplesOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin suffragium ‘vote, political support’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe right to vote► the vote Collocations the right to vote in an election: · People are campaigning for civil rights and especially for the vote.have the vote: · The majority of immigrant workers do not have the vote.get the vote: · In 1928 in Britain, women got the vote at 21 on equal terms with men. ► have a vote if you have a vote , you have the right to vote: · In Britain, everyone over 18 has a vote.· The secretary is allowed to attend meetings, but does not have a vote. ► suffrage formal the right to vote in elections - use this especially to talk about people's fight to be allowed to vote: · There was a fierce struggle for women's suffrage in Britain early this century.· Suffrage reforms took place in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.universal suffrage (=the right of every adult in a country to vote): · Even now, not every country in Europe has universal suffrage. ► franchise formal the right to vote in political elections: · The franchise was later extended to any person over 18 years old. ► enfranchise formal to give a person or a group of people the right to vote in political elections: · This legislation enfranchised many thousands of people.· The group works in developing countries to increase literacy and enfranchise women. ► disenfranchise formal to take away someone's right to vote in an election: · If you don't get your name on the electoral register you may be disenfranchised. WORD SETS► Votingabstain, verbabstention, nounadopt, verbballot, nounballot box, nounballot paper, nounblackball, verbby-election, nouncasting vote, nouncloture, nounconstituency, nounconstituent, noundeliver, verbdeposit, noundeselect, verbdisenfranchise, verbdisfranchise, verbdivision, noundoorstep, verbdream ticket, nounelect, verbelection, nounelectioneering, nounelective, adjectiveelector, nounelectoral, adjectiveelectoral register, nounelectorate, nounenfranchise, verbexit poll, nounfloating voter, nounfranchise, noungeneral election, nounhung parliament, nounlobby, nounmajority, nounmotion, nounno, nounoff-year, nounopen primary, nounoutvote, verboverall majority, nounplebiscite, nounplurality, nounpocket veto, nounpoint of order, nounpoll, nounpolling, nounpolling booth, nounpolling day, nounpolling station, nounpollster, nounPR, nounprimary, nounprimary election, nounproportional representation, nounpsephology, nounrecount, nounre-elect, verbreferendum, nounresolution, nounresolve, verbreturn, verbreturning officer, nounrig, verbrun, verbrun-off, nounscrutineer, nounshow of hands, nounslate, nounsplit ticket, nounspoil, verbsponsor, nounsponsor, verbstalking horse, nounstraight ticket, nounstraw poll, nounstronghold, nounsuffrage, nountactical voting, nounteller, nounthree-line whip, nounvote, verbvote of censure, nounvote of confidence, nounvote of no confidence, nounvoter, nounvoting machine, nounward, nounwrite-in, nounX, nounyea, nounyes, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► universal suffrage the right to vote in national elections a democracy based on universal suffrage (=when every adult has the right to vote) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► direct· The President would be elected on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a five-year term.· The constitutional commission had also agreed that the country's President should be elected by direct universal suffrage. ► universal· The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage.· The propertied class which called itself liberal was immediately opposed to universal suffrage and to the masses in general.· All elections are by universal adult suffrage.· So the concept of a Bill of Rights was not imposed on a parliamentary authority already based on universal suffrage.· However, the government continued to resist demands for universal suffrage, preferring a power-sharing system.· There is a unicameral Legislative Assembly of 70 seats, 62 of which are elected by universal adult suffrage for five years.· It was also the year of the first presidential election held under universal suffrage. NOUN► adult· Congressional elections are by universal and compulsory adult suffrage with one-third of the senators elected indirectly.· All elections are by universal adult suffrage.· There is a unicameral Legislative Assembly of 70 seats, 62 of which are elected by universal adult suffrage for five years.· The unicameral legislature, the National Assembly, is also elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage.· There is a Federal Assembly of 42 members, elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term.· Legislative authority is now vested in a unicameral National Congress, with 100 members elected for five years by universal adult suffrage. ► movement· Owen saw as one of the chief evils of the suffrage movement its apparent disrespect for men. VERB► elect· There is a unicameral Legislative Assembly of 70 seats, 62 of which are elected by universal adult suffrage for five years.· There is a Federal Assembly of 42 members, elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term.· Executive power is vested in the President, who is elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term.· The constitutional commission had also agreed that the country's President should be elected by direct universal suffrage.· They also declared that the president of the republic should be elected by universal suffrage.· Both houses are elected by universal adult suffrage and for terms of no longer than four years.· Legislative authority is vested in a 50-member unicameral parliament, which is similarly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term. |
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