gerrymander

gerrymander音标

英 ['dʒerɪmændə(r)]

美 [ˈdʒɛriˌmændɚ, ˈɡɛr-]

gerrymander基本释义

vt.为己*利益擅改选区

n.不公正划分选区

gerrymander用法及例句

noun

1. an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)

verb

1. divide unfairly and to one's advantageof voting districts

1. 选区划分不公：geographically based election 按地区划分的选举 | gerrymander 选区划分不公 | good ballot paper 好票

2. 选举区分：gerontotherapeutics 老年保健学 | gerrymander 选举区分 | gertrude 婴儿内衣

3. 为本*利益改划选举区分,不公正操纵,欺骗：gauche 不善交际的, 笨拙的 | gerrymander 为本*利益改划选举区分,不公正操纵,欺骗 | hegemony 统治; 势力范围

4. 不公正地划分选区：favorite son 本地区拥戴的人物 | gerrymander 不公正地划分选区 | incumbent 现任者

His..government..retained power by a gerrymander giving two out of every three seats to the minority country voters.

出自：H. Evans

临近词

Gerry

相关列句

First, the state's demographics are changing fast enough that an overly ambitious partisan gerrymander is likely to come unstuck during its ten-year lifespan.(首先，本州的人口分布情况变化很快，如果偏向某个*派的选区划分进行得太过，在未来的十年里可能不能收效。)