tyranny
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR A tyranny is a cruel, harsh, and unfair government in which a person or small group of people have power over everyone else. 专制暴政
Self-expression and individuality are the greatest weapons against tyranny. 自我表达和个性是对抗专制暴政的最强武器。
2. N-UNCOUNT If you describe someone's behaviour and treatment of others that they have authority over as tyranny, you mean that they are severe with them or unfair to them. 专横暴虐
I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny. 我是母亲专横暴虐的惟一受害者。
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tyranny /ˈtɪrənɪ/ (tyrannies)
剑桥词典
- government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly
暴政,专制统治
This, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny. 总统向我们许诺,这是一场反对暴政的战争。
a situation in which someone or something controls how you are able to live , in an unfair way
暴虐,专横
Women, the play seems to suggest , must resist the tyranny of domesticity . 这部戏似乎表明,妇女必须抵制家务的束缚。 返回 tyranny