disenfranchise
verb [often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they disenfranchise | |
he / she / it disenfranchises | |
past simple disenfranchised | |
past participle disenfranchised | |
-ing form disenfranchising |
to take away somebody’s rights, especially their right to vote 剥夺(某人)的权利(尤指选举权) - be disenfranchised
Many disabled people were effectively disenfranchised because of lack of access. 由于缺乏机会,很多残疾人的权利实际上被剥夺了。 Mr Mandela was the symbolic leader of the disenfranchised black majority. 曼德拉先生是被剥夺权利的黑人多数派的象征性领袖。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDisenfranchise is used with these nouns as the object:- voter
- be disenfranchised