Despotism
['despətɪz(ə)m] or ['dɛspətɪzəm]
解释:
(n.) The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.
(n.) A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.
录入:库尔特
同义词及近义词：
n. Autocracy, absolutism, dictatorship, tyranny, absolute power, arbitrary rule.
校对:克劳斯
例句:
- The veil fell from his hardness and despotism. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- And he came back professing to be a changed man; there was to be no more despotism; he would respect the constitution régime. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Oh, my friends and fellow-countrymen, the slaves of an iron-handed and a grinding despotism! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- My taste must have satisfaction, or disgust would break out in despotism, or worse--freeze to utter iciness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- In our infancy we require a wise despotism to govern us. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- It might or might not tolerate the outsider and the slave, but they had no legal voice in their treatment--any more than if it had been a despotism. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Constitution is or was a moderate despotism, tempered by a Chamber that might or might not be elected. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
校对:马奇