disenfranchisement
disenfranchisement — 名詞
1. the formal removal of a person's or group's legal right to vote in elections
剝奪選舉權
透過法律或制度取消某人或群體的投票資格
the formal removal of a person's or group's legal right to vote in elections
After the 1890 state convention, Mississippi began the systematic disenfranchisement of Black citizens.
1890 年州代表大會後，密西西比州開始有系統地剝奪黑人公民的選舉權。
collocation: systematic disenfranchisement
A Council of Europe report condemned the disenfranchisement of Roma communities in several member states.
歐洲委員會報告譴責多個成員國境內羅姆人社群被剝奪選舉權的狀況。
The NAACP argued that Georgia's voter ID law would lead to the disenfranchisement of elderly Black voters.
NAACP 主張，喬治亞州的選民身份證法將導致年長黑人選民被剝奪選舉權。
Diya's research examined how poll taxes were used for the disenfranchisement of poor voters.
Diya 的研究探討了人頭稅如何被用來剝奪貧窮選民的投票權。
Justice Okonkwo of the Ninth Circuit struck down the voter-ID regulation, calling it a clear case of political disenfranchisement.
第九巡迴上訴法院的 Okonkwo 法官駁回了選民身份證規定，稱其明顯構成政治性的選舉權剝奪。
- disfranchisement
less common variant with the same meaning
- voter suppression
narrower — specifically tactics that make voting harder, rather than formal legal removal of the right
- enfranchisement
the granting or restoration of voting rights
文法句型
disenfranchisement of [group]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2 (FEELING OF POWERLESSNESS): this sense describes a concrete legal or political action, not an internal experience. Subject is usually a government, law, or institution.
常見錯誤
2. a deep-seated feeling of being shut out of political life: the conviction that n
政治無力感
覺得政治上無權發聲、無人代表
a deep-seated feeling of being shut out of political life: the conviction that no one represents you, your concerns go unheard, and you lack the power to change anything
When the council closed their community centre, residents of the Broadwater estate described a profound sense of disenfranchisement.
當議會關閉他們的社區中心後，Broadwater 住宅區的居民描述了一種深刻的政治無力感。
disenfranchisement as a felt experience, not a legal action
Rania described her disenfranchisement as a young mother whose concerns were always ignored.
Rania 描述了她作為一位年輕母親、意見總是被忽視的那種政治無力感。
The hospital strike grew from a deep sense of disenfranchisement that nurses had felt since the 2011 merger.
這場醫院罷工源於護理師自 2011 年合併以來深切的政治無力感。
Cole's growing disenfranchisement pushed him to run for a seat on the neighbourhood board.
Cole 日益加深的政治無力感促使他競選社區委員會的席位。
A sense of disenfranchisement has spread through villages where the bus service was cut.
一種政治無力感在公車服務被取消的村莊中蔓延開來。
- alienation
broader — can apply to any kind of estrangement, not just political
- marginalisation
focuses on being pushed to the edges of society rather than the feeling itself
- powerlessness
more general — does not necessarily involve politics or representation
- empowerment
the process of gaining control and influence over one's situation
文法句型
a sense of disenfranchisement
feeling of disenfranchisement
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'sense of' or 'feeling of'. Distinguish from sense 1 (REMOVAL OF VOTING RIGHTS), which refers to the legal act of stripping voting rights rather than a felt experience.