gerrymander

gerrymander

美 ['dʒerimændə(r)] 　英 ['dʒerimændə(r)]

• n.不公正地划分的选区
• v.不公正地划分（选区）（旨在使某政党获得优势）
• 网络不公正划分选区；不公正地划分选区；划成选区

词形变化

第三人称单数：gerrymanders  现在分词：gerrymandering  过去式：gerrymandered  

英汉双解

英汉解释

v.	1. 〈美〉(为本党利益)不公正地改划(州,县等的选区);任意改划(一地区的选区)以谋取利益 2. 不公正地划分选区
n.	1. 不公正地划分的选区

英英解释

v.	1. to manipulate an electoral area, usually by altering its boundaries, in order to gain an unfair political advantage in an election
n.	1. an electoral area manipulated in such a way as to give one political party an unfair advantage in an election 2. an unfair manipulation of an electoral area for political advantage

例句

That outcome, in turn, was underpinned by a previous Republican gerrymander.

那次选举的结果，正是之前共和党进行不公正选区划分的结果。