disenfranchise

/ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌdis-in-ˈfran-ˌchīz/ (ame, mw)

disenfranchise — 動詞

  • disenfranchisepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • disenfranchiseshe / she / it
  • disenfranchisedpast simple
  • disenfranchising-ing form

1. to formally strip an individual or community of legal rights — most often the ab

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

剝奪權利

正式取消投票權或政治發言權

to formally strip an individual or community of legal rights — most often the ability to vote in elections — so that they lose their voice in political or institutional decisions.

例句

Strict new voter-ID rules in the southern states disenfranchised thousands of elderly Black residents.

南方各州嚴格的新選民身分規定，剝奪了數千名年長黑人居民的投票權。

transitive: disenfranchise + [group of people]

Renata wrote a long essay arguing that prison sentences should not disenfranchise people for life.

Renata 寫了一篇長文，主張刑期不應該讓人終身失去投票權。

common object: [people] for [duration]

同義詞
  • disfranchise

    exact variant spelling, slightly more formal and legal in tone

  • marginalize

    broader — push to the edges of society or decision-making; need not involve formal rights

  • exclude

    general; covers everyday social or institutional exclusion, not specifically rights

反義詞
  • enfranchise

    direct opposite — grant the vote or formal rights to

  • empower

    broader opposite — give someone the means or authority to act

文法句型

disenfranchise + [person/group]

be disenfranchised (passive)

用法筆記

Subject is usually a law, policy, institution, or political action — not an individual person. Frequently passive ('be/feel disenfranchised'), especially in the extended sense of feeling powerless or excluded from the system, even when no actual legal right has been taken away.

常見錯誤

❌My boss disenfranchised me at the meeting.
✅My boss excluded me at the meeting.
💡'disenfranchise' refers to removing formal rights or political voice, not everyday social exclusion.
❌The new tax disenfranchises small businesses.
✅The new tax disadvantages small businesses.
💡making something harder financially is not the same as removing legal rights.