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单词 gerrymandering
释义
gerrymandering
noun[U]
uk
/ˈdʒer.iˌmæn.dər.ɪŋ/us
/ˈdʒer.iˌmæn.dɚ.ɪŋ/
anoccasionwhen someone inauthoritychangesthebordersof anareainordertoincreasethenumberofpeoplewithin thatareawho willvotefor aparticularpartyorperson:
（为使某政党或人在选举中获得优势而）不公正划分选区
Theboundarychangesweredenouncedasblatantgerrymandering.变更分界线的做法被抨击为赤裸裸的不公正划分选区行为。
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gerrymander
(Definition ofgerrymanderingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgerrymandering

gerrymandering
Elections may be nominally free, but governments engage in extensivegerrymandering, manipulation of voter registration and harassment of opposition parties.
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In contrast, if local boundaries are respected, levels of malapportionment increase, whilegerrymanderingbecomes more difficult to accomplish.
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These results strongly support the claim thatgerrymandering, if it occurred, was an isolated rather than widespread phenomenon.
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A finalgerrymanderingquestion can be asked about individual rather than systematicgerrymandering.
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Indeed, this would seem precisely to be the point of muchgerrymandering.
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The results of the first election, however, suggest that thesegerrymanderingefforts were of little consequence.
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This inconsequential gain also comes at a high price: tolerating high levels ofgerrymandering.
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The second front was what is commonly known asgerrymandering, where electoral boundaries are changed to favour the interests of one party.
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The opposition accused the government of electoral fraud, ballot stuffing, miscounts, andgerrymandering.
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This number could easily drop to two under a redistricting system that prevented racialgerrymandering.
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Were only a few districts gerrymandered for specific incumbents, agerrymanderingthat would not show up in a statistical analysis of all of the districts?
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These standards can be analyzed for their partisan impact and selectively applied to maximize partisan advantage, but, in contrast to blatant malapportionment orgerrymandering, these factors are not inherently partisan.
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To dilute or alter it would be unacceptable and a move born out of politicalgerrymandering, not a move in favour of maritime safety.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I therefore take it at its face value that this is not sharpgerrymandering, because the official is to be used for some other purpose.
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Hansard archive
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But if it gerrymandered the beauty contest, what else is itgerrymandering?
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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