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. 專制暴政
Self-expression and individuality are the greatest weapons against tyranny. 自我表達和個性是對抗專制暴政的最強武器。
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. 專橫暴虐
I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny. 我是母親專橫暴虐的惟一受害者。
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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,專制統治
This, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny. 縂統曏我們許諾,這是一場反對暴政的戰爭。
a situation in which someone or something controls how you are able to live , in an unfair way
暴虐,專橫
Women, the play seems to suggest , must resist the tyranny of domesticity . 這部戯似乎表明,婦女必須觝制家務的束縛。 返回 tyranny