franchise
n
1 [U] right to vote at public elections (公众选举的)投票权, 选举权
system of universal adult franchise 全体成年人都享有选举权的制度
Women were not given the franchise in Britain until the twentieth century. 英国妇女直到二十世纪才获得选举权.
2 [C] formal permission to sell a company's goods or services in a particular area (正式授予在某地区销售某某公司的货物或经营某业务的)特权, 特许
buy a fast-food, printing, etc franchise 购买经营快餐、 印刷等的特权
grant, withdraw a franchise 授予、 撤销特权. franchise, v [Tn]
grant a franchise(2) to (sb) 授予(某人)特权.
Just a minute. She's taken the bag that usually sits on top of the cupboard.
等等。她带走了通常放在壁橱顶上的包。
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
The secret lies in the title of the book which he wrote about his early life, The story of my experiments with truth.