suffrage
英 ['s?fr?d?]
美 ['s?fr?d?]
助記提示
1. On another theory (Watkins, etc.) the second element is frangere itself and the notion is "use a broken piece of tile as a ballot".
中文詞源
suffrage 選舉權，投票權來自拉丁語 suffragium,投票，投票權，支持，來自 suffragari,投票，給予支持，來自 sub,在 下，向上，-frag,碎開，碎片，詞源同 break,fragment.來自古希臘古羅馬時期用碎瓦片碎骨片 投票的習俗。比較 ostracism,用碎骨片投票驅逐。
英文詞源
- suffrage (n.)
- late 14c., "intercessory prayers or pleas on behalf of another," from Old French sofrage "plea, intercession" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin suffragium "support, ballot, vote; right of voting; a voting tablet," from suffragari "lend support, vote for someone," conjectured to be a compound of sub "under" (see sub-) + fragor "crash, din, shouts (as of approval)," related to frangere "to break" (see fraction). On another theory (Watkins, etc.) the second element is frangere itself and the notion is "use a broken piece of tile as a ballot" (compare ostracism). Meaning "a vote for or against anything" is from 1530s. The meaning "political right to vote" in English is first found in the U.S. Constitution, 1787.
雙語例句
- 1. She was active in the Society for Women's Suffrage.
- 她在爭取婦女選舉權協會中活動非常積極.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The question of woman suffrage sets them at variance.
- 婦女參政的問題使他們發生爭執.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. When was universal suffrage introduced in your country?
- 貴國是什么時候實行普選權的?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He was an advocate of universal suffrage as a basis for social equality.
- 他提倡普選權，認為這是社會公平的基礎。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Between 1890 and 1930 the woman suffrage movement became exceedingly militant.
- 一八九○年到一九三○年間婦女爭取選舉權運動變得非常激烈.
來自辭典例句