| 单词 | one man, one vote |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone man, one vote g. one man, one vote: (originally as a democratic slogan) the principle that every adult (in earlier use frequently: every adult man) or individual should have a vote. Also formerly: the principle that each voter should have only one vote. Frequently attributive. Cf. OMOV n. at O n.1 Initialisms 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [phrase] > one person one vote one man, one vote1884 1780 J. Cartwright People's Barrier against Corruption 5 One man shall have one vote.] 1884 A. Paul Hist. Reform ii. 19 ‘One man, one vote’, a cry which may have had a novel sound to some in 1883 was one of Cartwright's political principles. 1889 W. E. Gladstone in Times 13 June 7/2 The important measure which is briefly designated under the well-known phrase—one man, one vote. 1891 Spectator 7 Mar. 330/1 Mr. Stansfeld brought forward his resolution for an amendment of the registration law, and the adoption of the principle of ‘one man one vote’. 1907 H. Lawson in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 73 The One-Man-One-Vote Bill was passed. 1964 Punch 15 July 74/3 To ensure that one-man-one-vote democracy is swiftly introduced. 1971 ‘G. Black’ Time for Pirates ii. 32 The government..had declared martial law, suspending the constitution... ‘So much for one man, one vote,’ Russell said. 1975 D. Bagley Snow Tiger xiii. 115 Not so democratic as to be a one man, one vote system. 2000 M. Isserman Amer. Divided vi. 118 The Court ordered that American electoral districts..be reapportioned according to the principle of equal legislative representation for equal numbers of people (more popularly known as ‘one man, one vote’). < as lemmas |
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