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
- 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。 - 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。 - May, I have some time become despotic and the cross was not consciously!
可能因此，我有段时间变得专制而横却不自觉！ - 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。 - 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。 - The despotic rule of Eastern potentates
东方君主的专制统治 - 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。 - Beginning in1960 a series of coups d'etat were attempted, and in reaction his rule became increasingly despotic.
在1960年开始了一系列的政变企图是，在他统治的反应变得越来越专制。 - 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。 - He is utterly despotic to his subordinates.
他对部属极为专横。