suffrage

🇬🇧 UK/'sʌfridʒ/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

The right to vote in political elections

选举权;投票权;参政权

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
suffrageother
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Common Collocations

  • 1.women's suffrage女性选举权
  • 2.universal suffrage普选权
  • 3.suffrage movement选举权运动
  • 4.extend suffrage扩大选举权

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Women's suffrage was a landmark achievement in the fight for gender equality.

  • 2.

    Universal suffrage means that every adult citizen has the right to vote.

  • 3.

    Activists campaigned for decades before suffrage was extended to all minorities.

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