suffrage
noun /ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/
/ˈsʌfrɪdʒ/
[uncountable]- the right to vote in political elections
选举权；投票权 - universal suffrage (= the right of all adults to vote)
普选权 - women’s suffrage
妇女的选举权
Collocations DictionarySuffrage is used before these nouns:- movement
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘prayers said for others’, also ‘assistance’): from Latin suffragium, reinforced by French suffrage. The modern sense of ‘right to vote’ was originally US (dating from the late 18th cent.). - universal suffrage (= the right of all adults to vote)