authoritarian

英 [ɔːˌθɒrɪˈteəriən]

美 [əˌθɔːrəˈteriən]

adj.  威权主义的; 专制的
n.  权力主义者，专制者，独裁者; 独裁主义者

复数：authoritarians　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 威权主义的；专制的
  believing that people should obey authority and rules, even when these are unfair, and even if it means that they lose their personal freedom
  1. an authoritarian regime/government/state
     威权主义的政体 / 政府 / 国家

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 专制的；独裁的
  If you describe a person or an organization asauthoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
  1. Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
     高官们可能会策划一场政变来复辟独裁统治。
  2. Anauthoritarianis someone who is authoritarian.
     独裁者
  3. Don became the overly strict authoritarian he felt his brother needed.
     顿成为了一个他觉得哥哥需要的极度刻薄的独裁者。

英英释义

noun

• a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
  1. my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime
  Synonym:dictator

adj

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  1. an authoritarian regime
  2. autocratic government
  3. despotic rulers
  4. a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
  5. a tyrannical government
  Synonym:autocraticdictatorialdespotictyrannictyrannical
• expecting unquestioning obedience
  1. the timid child of authoritarian parents
  2. insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
  Synonym:dictatorialoverbearing

双语例句

• Authoritarian regimes are not interested in transparency or the rule of law, the essential prerequisites of economic progress.
  威权政府对透明度或法治并不感兴趣，而这两者是经济发展的先决条件。
• He said he was against returning to old authoritarian ways.
  他说他反对回到过去的独裁做法。
• He is very authoritarian in his dealings with his children.
  他对自己的子女非常专横。
• There is much to dislike about the demagogic, authoritarian style of the billionaire businessman turned politician.
  人们有很多理由不喜欢这个由亿万富翁商人转变成的政客那种具有煽动性的威权风格。
• Even authoritarian Vietnam is increasingly allowing broadcasts in the languages of its small ethnic minorities.
  甚至权威主义国家越南也逐渐允许用少数民族语言来广播。
• Many observers casually put it in an authoritarian capitalist box, along with Russia, Iran and Singapore.
  许多观察人士信手将中国归入威权资本主义类别，与俄罗斯、伊朗和新加坡同伍。
• Media businesses are not being torn apart in a fight-to-the-death between Darwinian rationalists and authoritarian creationists.
  媒体行业并没有被达尔文理性主义者和专制创造论者之间的殊死战斗一分为二。
• Many dismissed him as an authoritarian ruler.
  也有许多人以为他不过是个威权统治者。
• Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
  高官们可能会策划一场政变来复辟独裁统治。
• They have an authoritarian system.
  他们有一个威权主义制度。