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
- He is utterly despotic to his subordinates.
他对部属极为专横。 - 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； - People rose up against the despotic rule of their potentate.
人们起来反抗君主的专制统治。 - Untold millions of believers have served him faithfully under despotic governments.
数不清的信徒是在暴虐专横的政府之下忠心地服事主。 - The despotic rule of Eastern potentates
东方君主的专制统治 - 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。 - Such enterprises require great central power for the mobilization of labor, and characteristically issue in a despotic form of order.
大型水利工程需要由强大的中央权力来动员劳力，而且明显会导致专制秩序的产生。 - These and other factors blocked the development of a merchant-industrial class and insured the survival of a despotic state cemented in the remains of feudalism.
凡此种种，都阻碍了工商阶级的发展，使建立在封建残余基础上的专制政体得以苟延至今。 - 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。 - But here, the value of resistance against the despotic rule for us, and no use, not for discussion.
但在这里，价值反抗抗暴对我们来说，并没有用，而不是讨论。