disenfranchise
音标发音
- 英式音标 [,dɪsɪn'fræn(t)ʃaɪz; ,dɪsen-]
- 美式音标 [ˌdɪs.ɪnˈfræn.tʃaɪz]
- 国际音标 [,disin'fræntʃaiz]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.剥夺…的选举权，剥夺…的公民权，终止…的特许权
词根记忆
- disenfranchise=disfranchise，dis(剥夺) + franchise(选举权)→剥夺选取权→剥夺…的公民权
英汉例句
- Few governments, or their voters, will vote to disenfranchise themselves.
极少有政府或是他们的选民愿意让自己失去选举权。 - By holding the control of the education, you disenfranchise conservative Jews who are resisting this Greek influence.
通过控制教育，可以剥夺保守派的公民权,即抵制希腊影响的犹太人。 - Democrats are equally convinced that Republican efforts to curb voter fraud are designed to disenfranchise two of their core constituencies, the poor and the non-white.
同样，民主党人也以为，共和党人竭力制止所谓选民欺诈，醉翁之意在于剥夺他们两大核心选民群体——穷人和有色人种——的公民权。 - The primary system works alongside the Electoral College to disenfranchise large swaths of voters.
FORBES: Gaming American Democracy - We obviously take very seriously any effort to disenfranchise Americans or somehow restrict or prevent them from voting.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- to take away power or opportunities, especially the right to vote, from a person or group
- To disenfranchise a group of people means to take away their right to vote or other rights that most other people have.