词汇 | gerrymander |
释义 | gerrymander verb [ I or T ] disapproving uk/ˈdʒer.iˌmæn.dər/ us/ˈdʒer.iˌmæn.dɚ/ 为使某党或某人获胜而不公正地划分选区以增加支持方投票者 to change the borders of an area in order to increase the number of people within that area who will vote for a particular party or person The Prime Minister tried to gerrymander the recent elections in two ways. 在最近的几次选举中,总理试图以两种方式不公正地划分选区,以达到获胜的目的。 The districts are so badly gerrymandered that a challenger can't win. 这些地区的选区划分很不公平,挑战者因此无法获胜。 See: gerrymandering
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