tyranny

英[ˈtɪrəni]美[ˈtɪrəni]

n.暴虐，专横，暴行；

复数：tyrannies;

例句

Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.爱情是甜蜜的虐*，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。出自：英语谚语

They are also of interest in disabusing our minds of the tyranny of certain facile generalizations.它们还可以使我们的头脑摆脱某些轻率的结论的束缚.

Whenever and wherever tyranny threatened, he has always championed liberty.不论暴君在什么时候或在什么地方肆虐, 他都一直高举自由的大旗.

Insecure and fearful of its own people, the oligarchy preserves itself through tyranny.由于担心和害怕自己的人民, 统治集团只能靠实行暴*来维护其统治.

They came to America in order to escape political tyranny.他们为逃避暴*而来到美洲.

a victim of oppression and tyranny压迫和暴*的受害者

Perhaps Dobbin's foolish soul revolted against that exercise of tyranny.也许都宾是傻好人,看了暴虐的行为忍不住要打抱不平.

They lived underneath a crushing tyranny.他们生活在难以忍受的暴*下.

I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny.我是唯一受母亲严加管制的人。

Self-expression and individuality are the greatest weapons against tyranny.自我表现与追求个性是反抗暴*的*佳武器。

同义词

n.

tyranny的同义词之：专制,独裁,暴*,镇压

oppressionabsoluteironrepressionreignauthoritydominationpowersuppressionofcontrolhandrodcompleteruledictatorshipsovereigntyunlimitedsupremacyjackbootdespotismterror

tyranny的同义词之：严酷,残忍,冷酷

relentlessnessseverityinhumanityrigorousnessstrictnessruthlessnesshardnessbrutalitycrueltyinhumannessharshnesstoughnessinexorabilityimplacability

tyranny的同义词之：独裁统治

autocracymonocracyone-partyruleone-manimperialisimtotalitarianismkaiserismabsolutismauthoritarianism

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-VAR

暴*;苛*;专制*府

A tyranny is a cruel, harsh, and unfair government in which a person or small group of people have power over everyone else.

例句

He described these regimes as tyrannies and dictatorships…他把这些*权称作专制与独裁*府。Self-expression and individuality are the greatest weapons against tyranny.自我表现与追求个性是反抗暴*的*佳武器。

N-UNCOUNT

专横;苛刻;严酷

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.

例句

I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny.我是唯一受母亲严加管制的人。

N-COUNT

(不中意或令人不快的)必需品

You can describe something that you have to use or have as a tyranny if you think it is undesirable or unpleasant.

例句

The telephone is one of the great tyrannies of modern life.电话是现代生活中让人*反感的必需品之一。

英汉词典释义

n.

暴虐; 专横; 暴行

暴*; 苛*

They came to America in order to escape political tyranny.他们为逃避暴*而来到美洲。

英英词典释义

Noun

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

2. dominance through threat of punishment and violence

行业词典

法律： 暴行；暴*；苛*；