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gerrymander

verb
/ˈdʒerimændə(r)/
/ˈdʒerimændər/
(British English also jerrymander)
(disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gerrymander
/ˈdʒerimændə(r)/
/ˈdʒerimændər/
he / she / it gerrymanders
/ˈdʒerimændəz/
/ˈdʒerimændərz/
past simple gerrymandered
/ˈdʒerimændəd/
/ˈdʒerimændərd/
past participle gerrymandered
/ˈdʒerimændəd/
/ˈdʒerimændərd/
-ing form gerrymandering
/ˈdʒerimændərɪŋ/
/ˈdʒerimændərɪŋ/
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  1. 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.

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