| 单词 | disenfranchised |
| 释义 | disenfranchised (once / 34062 pages) adj The adjective disenfranchised describes a person or group of people who are stripped of their power, like disenfranchised post-Civil War African Americans who were deprived of their right to vote even after being freed from slavery. Being disenfranchised is no fun. The rules work against you, your rights are constantly violated, and you have little power to change your life for the better. The Old French word enfranchir means “to make free,” and when you add the negative prefix dis-, disenfranchised means “made unfree.” A disenfranchised population doesn’t rest easy, and often they organize and fight back against their condition to demand their basic rights and freedom. WORD FAMILYdisenfranchise: disenfranchised, disenfranchisement, disenfranchises, disenfranchising+/disfranchise: disfranchised, disfranchisement, disfranchises, disfranchising/disfranchisement: disfranchisements/enfranchise: disenfranchise, enfranchised, enfranchisement, enfranchises, enfranchising/enfranchisement: enfranchisements/franchise: disfranchise, enfranchise, franchised, franchises, franchising USAGE EXAMPLESThey were disenfranchised, felt ignored, and wanted to see a systematic change. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) In the United States, rising inequality and increasing poverty have created a groundswell of the disenfranchised and the dispossessed. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) Legend recognises that large numbers of people feel disenfranchised and "ignored by the elites", but he cannot foresee a Trump victory. BBC(Nov 29, 2016) adj deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote Syn|Ant disfranchised, voiceless, voteless enfranchised endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote |
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