gerrymander英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The act of gerrymandering. derogatory
A voting district skewed by gerrymandering. derogatory

— Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across four counties while carving up neighborhoods in half.

动词 v.

To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election. derogatory,transitive

— Prop 50 would implement a newly gerrymandered map that would hold until the next decennial census, in 2030, when an independent commission would again draw the lines. […] [Will] O’Neill isn’t necessarily wrong. Democrats readily concede that they are betraying principles of good governance in trying to gerrymander California.
To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain. broadly,derogatory,transitive

— The superintendent helped gerrymander the school district lines in order to keep the children of the wealthy gated community in the better school all the way across town.
To change the franchise or voting system in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election. broadly,derogatory,transitive

— [The Reform Bill's] main purpose will be so to gerrymander the electorate as to give the greatest possible assistance to the Radical party at the next election.
To deliberately bring in voters of one's own party or displace voters of another party from a voting district in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election. Ireland,UK,broadly,derogatory,transitive

— Westminster City Council has been accused by the District Auditor of using public money to gerrymander marginal wards for the 1990 Borough elections. The strategy of attempting to 'gentrify' eight key wards, selling off council homes and hostels for the homeless to move out potential Labour voters and attract in more Conservative voters, was in conflict with the council's statutory duty to homeless people

词形变化

gerrymanders present,singular,third-person gerrymandering participle,present gerrymandered participle,past gerrymandered past Gerrymander alternative,obsolete gerrymanders plural Gerrymander alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

dummymander gerrymanderer gerrymandering -mander Bjelkemander gerrymanderism Playmander

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós
Proto-Germanic *gaizaz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t-
Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.?
Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider.
Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti?
Proto-Germanic *waldanąder.
Proto-Germanic *waldaz
Proto-Germanic *Gaizawaldaz
Frankish *Gaiʀawaldbor.
Old French Geraldbor.
English Gerald
▲
Proto-Germanic *gaizaz
Frankish *gaiʀ
Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Frankish *-ī
Frankish *hard(ī)
Frankish *Gaiʀahardbor.
Old French Gerartder.
Middle English Gerard
English Gerard
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English Gerry
Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)bor.
Latin salamandra
Anglo-Norman salamandrebor.
Middle English salamandre
English salamander
blend
English gerrymander
Blend of Gerry + salamander, named after Elbridge Gerry, then governor of Massachusetts. Coined by the editors of the Boston Gazette in an 26 March 1812 article comparing the new electoral district boundary signed into law by Gerry to the shape of the mythological salamander. The original text was likely written by Nathan Hale and Benjamin and John Russell, accompanying a cartoon by Elkanah Tisdale.
Despite Gerry's surname beginning with a hard G (/ɡ/), gerrymander is typically pronounced with a soft G (/dʒ/), as a spelling pronunciation.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós
Proto-Germanic *gaizaz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t-
Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.?
Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider.
Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti?
Proto-Germanic *waldanąder.
Proto-Germanic *waldaz
Proto-Germanic *Gaizawaldaz
Frankish *Gaiʀawaldbor.
Old French Geraldbor.
English Gerald
▲
Proto-Germanic *gaizaz
Frankish *gaiʀ
Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Frankish *-ī
Frankish *hard(ī)
Frankish *Gaiʀahardbor.
Old French Gerartder.
Middle English Gerard
English Gerard
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English Gerry
Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)bor.
Latin salamandra
Anglo-Norman salamandrebor.
Middle English salamandre
English salamander
blend
English gerrymander
Blend of Gerry + salamander, named after Elbridge Gerry, then governor of Massachusetts. Coined by the editors of the Boston Gazette in an 26 March 1812 article comparing the new electoral district boundary signed into law by Gerry to the shape of the mythological salamander. The original text was likely written by Nathan Hale and Benjamin and John Russell, accompanying a cartoon by Elkanah Tisdale.
Despite Gerry's surname beginning with a hard G (/ɡ/), gerrymander is typically pronounced with a soft G (/dʒ/), as a spelling pronunciation.