• n. 選舉權；投票；參政權；代禱；贊成票

來自拉丁語 suffragium,投票，投票權，支持，來自 suffragari,投票，給予支持，來自 sub,在 下，向上，-frag,碎開，碎片，詞源同 break,fragment.來自古希臘古羅馬時期用碎瓦片碎骨片 投票的習俗。比較 ostracism,用碎骨片投票驅逐。

suffrage (n.)

late 14c., "intercessory prayers or pleas on behalf of another," from Old French sofrage "plea, intercession" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin suffragium "support, ballot, vote; right of voting; a voting tablet," from suffragari "lend support, vote for someone," conjectured to be a compound of sub "under" (see sub-) + fragor "crash, din, shouts (as of approval)," related to frangere "to break" (see fraction). On another theory (Watkins, etc.) the second element is frangere itself and the notion is "use a broken piece of tile as a ballot" (compare ostracism). Meaning "a vote for or against anything" is from 1530s. The meaning "political right to vote" in English is first found in the U.S. Constitution, 1787.

1. She was active in the Society for Women's Suffrage.

她在爭取婦女選舉權協會中活動非常積極.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The question of woman suffrage sets them at variance.

婦女參政的問題使他們發生爭執.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. When was universal suffrage introduced in your country?

貴國是什么時候實行普選權的?

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He was an advocate of universal suffrage as a basis for social equality.

他提倡普選權，認為這是社會公平的基礎。

來自辭典例句

5. Between 1890 and 1930 the woman suffrage movement became exceedingly militant.

一八九○年到一九三○年間婦女爭取選舉權運動變得非常激烈.

來自辭典例句