disenfranchise
verb🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/
🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disenfranchise | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ |
| he / she / it disenfranchises | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple disenfranchised | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ |
| past participle disenfranchised | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzd/ |
| -ing form disenfranchising | 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪzɪŋ/ |
to take away somebody’s rights, especially their right to vote 剥夺（某人）的权利（尤指选举权） - be disenfranchised
Many disabled people were effectively disenfranchised because of lack of access. 由于缺乏机会，很多残疾人的权利实际上被剥夺了。 Mr Mandela was the symbolic leader of the disenfranchised black majority. 曼德拉先生是被剥夺黑人权力的多数党的象征性领导人。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDisenfranchise is used with these nouns as the object:- voter
- be disenfranchised