suffrage

英 [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]

美 [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]

n.  选举权; 投票权

复数：suffrages　

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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

• China has indicated that it will allow universal suffrage for chief executive election in 2017.
  北京方面已暗示，将允许香港在2017年实现特首普选。
• Women suffrage will not, to say the truth. add to the political confusion.
  说真的，妇女拥有选举权并不会增加政治上的混乱。
• The president is elected directly by adult suffrage.
  总统是直接通过成年人普选产生的。
• Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males.
  选举权过去是白人成年男子的特权。
• 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。
• In England, women suffrage was established in1928.
  在英国，女性投票权是在1928年确立的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• There is no sign of a major change in beijing's stance over universal suffrage.
  没有迹象显示中央政府对普选的立场有重大改变。