tyrannical

英 [tɪˈrænɪkl]

美 [tɪˈrænɪkl]

adj.  暴君的; 专横的; 残暴的

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BNC.22145 / COCA.19452

牛津词典

adj.

• 暴君的；专横的；残暴的
  using power or authority over people in an unfair and cruel way

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (人)暴君似的，专横的，残暴的
  If you describe someone astyrannical, you mean that they are severe or unfair towards the people that they have authority over.
  1. He killed his tyrannical father with a blow to the head...
     他冲着暴戾的父亲的头部猛击了一下，把他打死了。
  2. His behavior grew more unpredictable by the day, and increasingly tyrannical.
     他的行为越来越难以捉摸，而且愈发残暴。
• ADJ-GRADED (政府或组织)专制的，暴政的，暴虐的
  If you describe a government or organization astyrannical, you mean that it acts without considering the wishes of its people and treats them cruelly or unfairly.
  1. ...one of the world's most oppressive and tyrannical regimes.
     世上最压迫人、最专制的政权之一

英英释义

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:authoritarianautocraticdictatorialdespotictyrannic
• marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
  1. the oppressive government
  2. oppressive laws
  3. a tyrannical parent
  4. tyrannous disregard of human rights
  Synonym:oppressivetyrannous

双语例句

• She married to get away from her tyrannical mother.
  她为了脱离她那个暴虐的母亲而结婚。
• Chomsky's America is a tyrannical behemoth which exploits and terrorizes, forcing its will on its own citizens and the rest of the world.
  乔姆斯基的美国是一个暴虐的庞然大物，剥削、恐怖统治，将其意愿强加给本国国民和全世界。
• No one will like to live in a tyrannical despotism.
  谁也不愿意生活在一个暴君专制的国家。
• He's shamed by the fact that he has been defending injustice and the tyrannical way of life.
  他感到羞愧的原因是，自己一直在捍卫，不公及专制君主式的人生。
• Really the atmosphere of a variorum scholarly edition is an atmosphere of take your choice, not a kind of tyrannical imposition on the public of a particular version of the text.
  这种集注的学术版本真的给读者一种自己选择的氛围，而不是独断地强加给读者，某种特定的版本。
• He thought he should rescue her from a tyrannical family.
  他认为他应该把她从专制家庭中拯救出来。
• The more thoughtful critics did not wish to turn the clock back entirely and return to rote learning and tyrannical teachers; they simply said that structure and order have their place too.
  深思熟虑的批评不希望时光完全倒流到死记硬背和教师强横的时代，他们只是说结构和顺序也有自己的位置。
• Behaviours which in another man might have been called delusional, obsessive or tyrannical were in Jobs seen as evidence of high standards and great leadership.
  这些行为放在别人身上会被称为妄想症、强迫症和专横，放在乔布斯身上却被视为坚持高标准和领导力高超的证明。
• Tyrannical governments sitting on oilfields will be more likely to find protection from powerful oil-consuming countries.
  坐拥油田的专制政府将更有可能得到实力强大的石油消费国的保护。
• However, his beautiful wife Chang E drank the elixir of life in order to save the people from her husband's tyrannical rule.
  而他美丽的妻子嫦娥为了帮助人们脱离他暴虐的统治偷偷喝下了长生不老药。