suffrage
n. 投票, 选举权, 参政权, 代祷 [法] 选举权, 投票权, 参政权
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1.
The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
选举权
投票权
不可数universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage
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The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
The right of women to vote.
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A vote in deciding a particular question.
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A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
可数 宗教 不可数1564, Pope Pius IV (unknown translator), Creed of Pope Pius IV I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
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A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
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Aid, intercession.
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Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”). The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin.
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