tyranny

['tirəni]

n. 暴政, 苛政, 专制

词形变化

名词复数: tyrannies |

词义辨析

同义:

n.专制, 独裁, 暴政, 镇压

despotism  dictatorship  supremacy  sovereignty  absolute power  unlimited authority  complete control  domination  iron rod  iron rule  oppression  repression  suppression  reign of terror  iron hand  jackboot authority

n.独裁统治

absolutism  totalitarianism  autocracy  monocracy  one-man rule  one-party rule  kaiserism  imperialisim  authoritarianism

n.严酷, 残忍, 冷酷

severity  harshness  strictness  hardness  rigorousness  toughness  cruelty  brutality  inhumanity  inhumanness  ruthlessness  relentlessness  inexorability  implacability  

英英释义

名词 tyranny:

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

同义词：dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

同义词：absolutism, despotism

补充

tyrannytyranny英:[ˈtirəni] 美:[ˈtɪrəni]n.1.暴虐; 专横; 暴行2.暴政; 苛政They came to America in order to escape political tyranny.他们为逃避暴政而来到美洲。

例句

1. They came to America to escape political tyranny.他们跑到美国躲避政治专制。 2. He described these regimes as tyrannies and dictatorships.他把这些政权称作专制与独裁政府。 3. I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny.母亲只对我一人专横无礼。 4. Factory employment brought the tyranny of the clock.工厂的工作有严苛的时间规定。 5. The telephone is one of the great tyrannies of modern life.电话是现代生活中让人最反感的必需品之一。 6. refugees who managed to escape Nazi tyranny.成功逃离纳粹暴政的难民。 7. [count noun]the removal of the regime may be the end of a tyranny.推翻该专制制度可能意味着一个暴政的终结。 8. she resented his rages and his tyranny.她痛恨他的怒气和专横。 9. the tyranny of the nine-to-five day.专横的95办公时间。 10. [count noun]his father's tyrannies.父亲的残暴专横行为。 11. The refugees were fleeing tyranny.难民们正在逃离专制统治。 12. He was dedicated to ending the tyranny of slavery.他致力于结束奴隶制度的暴政。 13. a nation ruled by tyranny暴政统治下的国家 14. the tyranny of the majority [=a situation in which a group of people are treated unfairly because their situation is different from the situation of most of the people in a democratic country]多数人的暴政 15. She felt lost in the bureaucratic tyrannies of the university system.在大学官僚专制体制内她觉得茫然无措。 16. the tyrannies of fashion时尚的势不可挡 17. The king sought an absolute tyranny over the colonies.国王试图对各殖民地进行绝对的专制统治。