单词 | enfranchise |
释义 | enfranchiseWord family verbenfranchisenounenfranchisement Votingen·fran·chise /ɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ verb [transitiveT] PPVto give a group of people the right to vote 给予…选举权 OPP disenfranchise —enfranchisement /-tʃɪz- $ -tʃaɪz-/ noun [uncountableU] the enfranchisement of EU citizens 欧盟公民享有的选举权 —enfranchised adjectiveadj newly enfranchised shareholders 刚刚获得选举权的股东 Examples from the Corpus enfranchise• South Africa's new constitution enfranchised 28 million blacks.• The ruling countered moves in both Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein to enfranchise certain categories of foreigners in local elections.• 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 group works in developing countries to increase literacy and enfranchise women. |
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