tyrant

英 [ˈtaɪrənt]

美 [ˈtaɪrənt]

n.  暴君; 专制君主; 暴虐的统治者

复数：tyrants　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12082 / COCA.11629

牛津词典

noun

• 暴君；专制君主；暴虐的统治者
  a person who has complete power in a country and uses it in a cruel and unfair way
  1. The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants.
     这个国家接连遭受暴君的统治。
  2. His boss is a complete tyrant.
     他的老板是个不折不扣的暴君。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 暴君;专制君主;暴君似的人
  You can usetyrantto refer to someone who treats the people they have authority over in a cruel and unfair way.
  1. Since 1804 the country has mostly been ruled by tyrants.
     自 1804 年以来，该国大部分时间都处于暴君的统治之下。
  2. ...households where the father was a tyrant.
     父亲残暴专横的家庭

英英释义

noun

• a cruel and oppressive dictator
  Synonym:autocratdespot
• any person who exercises power in a cruel way
  1. his father was a tyrant
• in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

双语例句

• No greater misfortune befalls a country than to be governed by a tyrant.
  没有比一个国家被暴君统治而更不幸的了。
• Did he know that I had been the Barbarian Tyrant?
  他还知道我就是那个野蛮人暴君吗？
• Since 1804 the country has mostly been ruled by tyrants.
  自1804年以来，该国大部分时间都处于暴君的统治之下。
• For years the country was ruled by a tyrant.
  这个国家被一个暴君统治了好多年。
• A gentleman is never a tyrant or a bully.
  绅士绝不会是一个暴君或者欺凌弱小者。
• Thus, the tyrant succeeded in conquering the kingdom.
  因此，暴君成功地征服了那个王国。
• I admit that Napoleon is a tyrant, but we must be just to our enemy.
  我承认拿破仑是暴君，但对敌人我们也要公平。
• Villagers angrily cast down the marble statue of the former tyrant.
  村民们愤怒地推倒了前暴君的大理石雕像。
• I voted for the death of that tyrant.
  我表决了这个暴君的末日。
• The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still small voice within me.
  这个世界上我唯一接受的暴君就是我身体里良心的呼唤。