Suffrage

(n.) A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.

(n.) Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

(n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.

(n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.

(n.) Aid; assistance.

(n.) The right to vote; franchise.

(v. t.) To vote for; to elect.

多拉编辑

• I remember once speaking to a local boss about woman suffrage. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I do not believe that the majority of the Northern people at that time were in favor of negro suffrage. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Certainly the elimination of male from the suffrage qualifications will not end the feminist agitation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The suffrage for the election of the notabilities of the commune was universal. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Yes, said Adeimantus; and you may add my suffrage to Damon's and your own. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• None had ever before suspected, that power, or the suffrage of the many, could in any manner become dear to him. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• To the Press, for the fair field its honest suffrage has opened to an obscure aspirant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A flag, floating from the summit of the temple, proclaimed to mankind that it was 'Sleary's Horse-riding' which claimed their suffrages. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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