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
- 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； - I thought China's parents too have been despotic, they always peep others personal secrets.
我觉得中国的父母们太专制了，他们总是偷看别人的私隐。 - Despotic Force and its Relation with Local Government
宋代的豪强势力及其与地方官府的关系 - The people hated his despotic rule.
人民憎恨他的专制统治。 - 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。 - He is utterly despotic to his subordinates.
他对部属极为专横。 - 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。 - People rose up against the despotic rule of their potentate.
人们起来反抗君主的专制统治。 - Wolf packs are supposedly despotic hierarchies dominated by alpha wolves, Dogs are believed to behave in the same way in their dealings with humans.
一般认为，狼群内部等级森严，头狼具有绝对领导权，狗在与人类相处时，这一点也与狼相同。 - He fused together what was strongest in the despotic traditions of the monarchy with what was strongest in the equally despotic creed of Jacobinism.
他把君主政体专制传统最强劲的信条和雅各宾派同样专横的最激进的教义熔铸到一起，当时的法国无处不显而易见这种融合。