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 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。
• 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。
• When was universal suffrage introduced in your country?
  你们国家是什么时候开始赋予公民普选权的？
• Members of the European Parliament shall be elected by direct universal suffrage in a free and secret ballot.
  欧洲议会议员应经由普遍、直接、无记名之自由选举方式产生。
• 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。
• The voters gave their suffrage to him.
  投票人都投票选他。
• It is elected by universal suffrage according to a system of proportional representation to multi-member constituencies.
  它是由按照一定选区一定比例的原则普选产生的。
• She was a strong advocate of women's suffrage.
  她是女性选举权的坚定倡导者。
• 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！
• Women had to fight for their suffrage.
  妇女须为享有选举权而斗争。