despotic
英 [dɪˈspɒtɪk]
美 [dɪˈspɑːtɪk]
adj. 专制的;残暴的;暴虐的
BNC.33584 / COCA.23171
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 专制的;残暴的;暴虐的
If you say that someone isdespotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.- The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.
该国处在一个专制暴君的统治之下。
- The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.
英英释义
adj
- characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
- an authoritarian regime
- autocratic government
- despotic rulers
- a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
- a tyrannical government
- ruled by or characteristic of a despot
- moved from a feudal to a despotic order
- his administration was arrogant and despotic
- belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
双语例句
- A despotic sultan who was blind in one eye invited three artists to paint his picture.
有一个残暴的苏丹，是独眼龙，请来三位画家来为他画像。 - She became so morose and despotic, that her rule became intolerable.
她变得如此孤僻和专横，以致她的统治让人无法忍受。 - The people hated his despotic rule.
人民憎恨他的专制统治。 - Those who have lived under despotic monarchical power will understand Confucius saying, A brutal monarch is even worse than a tiger.
生活在暴虐的专制统治下的人们很容易理解孔子的苛政猛于虎也这句话。 - There is a proverb in Italy called: let money become our loyal servant, otherwise, it will become an imperious and despotic master.
有句意大利谚语叫做：让金钱成为我们忠心耿耿的仆人，否则，它就会成为一个专横跋扈的主人。 - He was despotic, and she liked freedom; he was worldly, and she, perhaps, romantic.
他专横独断，她却爱好自由；他耽于利欲，她却也许有点罗曼蒂克。 - They exercised a despotic rule in their country.
他们在国内实行强暴统治。 - Thus, they profess a hands-off attitude to despotic regimes in Burma and Zimbabwe.
这样一来，他们就可以对缅甸和津巴布韦的专制政权采取不干预的态度。 - The dramatic scenes in Tripoli are already being seized upon by those keen to depose other despotic regimes.
的黎波里局势的戏剧性变化，正被那些渴望推翻其它专制政权的人抓住大做文章。 - The public is despotic in its temper; it is capable of denying common justice when too strenuously demanded as a right;
公众的情绪是蛮不讲理的：当常理上的公道作为一种权利加以过分要求时，可能遭到拒绝；