gerrymander
verb(British English also jerrymander)
(disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gerrymander | |
| he / she / it gerrymanders | |
| past simple gerrymandered | |
| past participle gerrymandered | |
| -ing form gerrymandering |
- gerrymander something
to change the size and borders of an area for voting in order to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election 不公正地改划（选区），不公正地划分（选区）（旨在使某政党获得优势） The city had been gerrymandered so that the Protestant minority retained control. 这座城市被不公正地重新划分了选区，因此新教少数派保留了控制权。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + salamander, from the supposed similarity between a salamander and the shape of a new voting district on a map drawn when he was in office (1812), the creation of which was felt to favour his party; the map (with claws, wings, and fangs added) was published in the Boston Weekly Messenger, with the title The Gerry-Mander.