disenfranchise
US /ˌdɪsɪn'fræntʃaɪz/
・UK /ˌdɪsɪnˈfræntʃaɪz/
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v.t.及物動詞褫奪公權
They decided to disenfranchise employees by not giving them any say in who could join the board of directors
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歐巴馬總統在哈佛大學發表畢業典禮致詞！ (President Obama Delivers the Commencement Address at Howard University)
- When we don't vote, we give away our power, disenfranchise ourselves right when we need to use the power that we have, right when we need your power to stop others from taking away the voting rights of those more vulnerable than you are--the elderly and the poor, the formerly incarcerated trying to earn their second chance.
當我們不投票時，我們就放棄了我們的力量，在我們最需要運用力量的時候剝奪了自己的權利，在我們需要你的力量來阻止其他人剝奪弱勢群體（老人、窮人、努力爭取第二次機會的前科犯）的投票權的時候。
- disenfranchise ourselves -- right when we need to use