1. Disenfranchisement is the problem, not apathy -- perhaps if young people thought the Liberal Democrats had a chance, they'd go out and vote?
现在的问题是年轻人们根本没有选举权,而不是他们对政治漠不关心。难道如果他们认为自由民主党能够胜出的话,他们就能够投票吗?
2. Mr Bercow's friends, meanwhile, dismiss the
disenfranchisement argument, saying that many constituents like the kudos of having the speaker as their MP.
与此同时,波尔考先生的朋友不再谈论剥夺了选举权的论点,说许多选民像拥有荣誉的发言人,他们的下院议员等。
3. She urged senators to support an amendment to the U. S. Constitution that, she said, "shall prohibit the
disenfranchisement of citizens of the United States on account of sex…"
她要求参议员支持修改美国宪法,她说:「应该禁止因为性别因素,而剥夺美国公民的投票权…。」