Despotism
['despətɪz(ə)m] or ['dɛspətɪzəm]
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:库尔特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Autocracy, absolutism, dictatorship, tyranny, absolute power, arbitrary rule.
校對:克劳斯
例句/造句/用法:
- The veil fell from his hardness and despotism. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Oh, my friends and fellow-countrymen, the slaves of an iron-handed and a grinding despotism! 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- My taste must have satisfaction, or disgust would break out in despotism, or worse--freeze to utter iciness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In our infancy we require a wise despotism to govern us. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
校對:马奇