释义 |
enfranchiseen‧fran‧chise /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEenfranchise |
Present | I, you, we, they | enfranchise | | he, she, it | enfranchises | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | enfranchised | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have enfranchised | | he, she, it | has enfranchised | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had enfranchised | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will enfranchise | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have enfranchised |
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Present | I | am enfranchising | | he, she, it | is enfranchising | | you, we, they | are enfranchising | Past | I, he, she, it | was enfranchising | | you, we, they | were enfranchising | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been enfranchising | | he, she, it | has been enfranchising | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been enfranchising | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be enfranchising | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been enfranchising |
- South Africa's new constitution enfranchised 28 million blacks.
- The group works in developing countries to increase literacy and enfranchise women.
- This legislation enfranchised many thousands of people.
- Nor was it in 1967, when decisions to disenfranchise as well as to enfranchise were a possibility.
- The ruling countered moves in both Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein to enfranchise certain categories of foreigners in local elections.
the right to vote► the vote 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. ► 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 to give a group of people the right to vote OPP disenfranchise—enfranchisement /-tʃɪz- $ -tʃaɪz-/ noun [uncountable]: the enfranchisement of EU citizens—enfranchised adjective: newly enfranchised shareholders |