gerrymander

['dʒerimændə]

vt. 为己党利益擅改选区
n. 不公正划分选区

例句与用法：

A district or configuration of districts differing widely in size or population because of gerrymandering.

不公正划分的选区由于不公正划分选区而在面积和人口方面差异极大的一个区或选区结构

词形变化：

动词过去式: gerrymandered | 动词过去分词: gerrymandered | 动词现在分词: gerrymandering | 动词第三人称单数: gerrymanders |

vt.

为一党私利而重新将(某地)划分选区

n.

选区不公正的重新划分

gerrymander

过去式：gerrymandered

过去分词：gerrymandered

现在进行时：gerrymandering

词形变化：

动词过去式: gerrymandered | 动词过去分词: gerrymandered | 动词现在分词: gerrymandering | 动词第三人称单数: gerrymanders |

gerrymander['dʒeri,mændə]vt.1.■[美国英语]2.■(为使某一政党在尽可能多的地区获得多数)擅自改划选区；(为一方利益)把(某地)不公正地划分成数选区3.■(以谋取利益)不正当地操纵，捏造(事实等)vi.1.■不公正地划分选区(或政治区域)；弄虚作假n.1.■为一党之利改划选区2.■不公正改划的选区3.■因不公正改划选区而当选的人

1. [with obj.][often as noun gerrymandering]manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favour one party or class
   （为助某政党或阶级）对选区重新划分
   ■achieve (a result) by such manipulation
   靠重划选区获得（某种结果）
   a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want.
   重划选区以获得所求结果的绝对自由权。
   

1. an instance of such a practice
   对选区重新划分以获利的行为
   

1. early 19th cent.: from the name of Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts + salamander, from the supposed similarity between a salamander and the shape of a new voting district on a map drawn when he was in office (1812), the creation of which was felt to favour his party; the map (with claws, wings, and fangs added)，was published in the Boston Weekly Messenger, with the title The Gerry-Mander
   

gerrymander

名词 gerrymander:

an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage)

动词 gerrymander:

divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts

gerrymander

■The ruling Zanu-PF regime has just passed a new law allowing phone calls and emails to be monitored. Another law will gerrymander parliament in its favor.

PF政权刚通过一项新法律，监控电话和电子邮件。另一项法律会让这个政权更容易控制国会。

■A gerrymander sounds like a strange political beast, which in fact it is, considered from a historical perspective.

一个不公正划分选区听起来象是一个奇怪的政治怪兽，事实上它是来自历史上的观点。

■WORD OF THE DAY: gerrymander: to divide into election districts so as to give one political party an advantage.We would like to think that gerrymandering is a thing of the past.

为一党私利而重新将(某地)划分选区----我们会觉得为一党私利而重新将(某地)划分选区的事件，已经是过去的事了!

■One such scheme involves an improved control method designed to automatically quarantine trouble spots and gerrymander the remaining grid into islands of balanced load and generation.

可行方案之一是改良控制方法，自动将出错的部份隔离起来，并将剩馀的电力输送网重新划分成数个供需平衡的独立区域。

■The reason why so many investors are obsessed with the government is that officials cannot stop themselves from intervening in the market to try and gerrymander the level of the stock index.

如此多投资者执迷于政府的原因是，政府官员忍不住就会干预股市，试图操纵股指点位。