( Brit. <英> 亦作jerrymander)
with obj.［often as noun gerrymandering］
1- manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favour one party or class（为助某政党或阶级）对（选区）重新划分。
1.1
- achieve (a result) by such manipulation靠重划选区获得（某种结果）：
a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want.
重划选区以获得所求结果的绝对自由权。
- an instance of such a practice对选区重新划分以获利的行为。
派生词
gerrymanderer
noun词源
early 19th cent.: from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + SALAMANDER, from the supposed similarity between a salamander and the shape of a new voting district on a map drawn when he was in office (1812), the creation of which was felt to favour his party: the map （with claws, wings, and fangs added）, was published in the Boston Weekly Messenger, with the title The Gerry-Mander.