gerrymander 音标拼音: [dʒ'ɛrim
, ændɚ]
vt . 为自党利益改划选举区分
vi . 不公正操纵,欺骗
n . 改变选举区,欺骗
为自党利益改划选举区分不公正操纵,欺骗改变选举区,欺骗
gerrymander n 1 :
an act of gerrymandering (
dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage )
v 1 :
divide unfairly and to one '
s advantage ;
of voting districts Gerrymander \
Ger `
ry *
man "
der \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Gerrymandered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Gerrymandering }.]
To divide (
a State )
into districts for the choice of representatives ,
in an unnatural and unfair way ,
with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent .
[
Political Cant ,
U .
S .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge Gerry was governor ,
and was attributed to his influence ,
hence the name ;
though it is now known that he was opposed to the measure . --
Bartlett .
[
1913 Webster ]
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gerrymander ":
angle ,
borough ,
caucus ,
close borough ,
congressional district ,
contrive ,
election district ,
engineer ,
finagle ,
gerrymandered district ,
intrigue ,
jockey ,
machinate ,
maneuver ,
manipulate ,
play games ,
plot ,
pocket borough ,
politicize ,
precinct ,
pull strings ,
rotten borough ,
safe district ,
scheme ,
silk -
stocking district ,
single -
member district ,
swing district ,
wangle ,
ward
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