suffrage

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/    美 /ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election. uncountable,usually
    — universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage
  2. The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.; The right of women to vote. US,uncountable,usually
    — What role did the House of Commons play in the political life of the nation in the aftermath of suffrage? There is surprisingly little historiography to help answer the question.
  3. A vote in deciding a particular question. countable,usually
    — But the President himself says that " upon him has been devolved, by the constitution, and the suffrages of the American people, the duty of superintending the operation of the executive departments of the Government,
  4. A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead. countable,usually
    — 1564, Pope Pius IV (unknown translator), Creed of Pope Pius IV I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
  5. A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. countable,usually
    — Lastly, in this suffrage, we intercede for prisoners and captives; we "remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them."
  6. Aid, intercession. uncountable,usually
    — Retoricyons and oratours, in freſhe humanyte Support parrot, I pray you wᵗ your ſuffrage ornate Of confuſe tantum, auoydynge the chekmate
  7. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. uncountable,usually
    — Lactantius and St. Austin are not afraid to confirm by their suffrage the observation made by the heathen writers, that[…]

词形变化

suffrages plural

词汇关系

近义词
franchise vote
衍生词
active suffrage antisuffrage antisuffragism manhood suffrage nonsuffrage presuffrage suffraged suffragent suffrager suffragism suffragitis universal suffrage
相关词
suffragist suffragette

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.?
Latin suffrāgō
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor.
Old French suffrage
Middle French suffragebor.
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Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor.
Middle English suffrage
English suffrage
From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”).
The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin.
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