despotism
英 [ˈdespətɪzəm]
美 [ˈdespətɪzəm]
n. 专制统治; 独裁制; 暴政
BNC.23828 / COCA.23378
牛津词典
noun
- 专制统治；独裁制；暴政
the rule of a despot
柯林斯词典
- 专制君主统治；专制政治;暴政
Despotismis cruel and unfair government by a ruler or rulers who have a lot of power.
英英释义
noun
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence
双语例句
- The American people ( and Rockefeller as well) had been taught a tragic lesson in the consequences of industrial despotism and absentee capitalism.
美国人民（洛克菲勒也是一样）由于工业专制主义和遥控资本主义，得到了一次悲惨的教训。 - Chinese Scholars 'Understanding of Conception of Despotism in the 20th Century and the Study of the Pre-Qin Legalists
二十世纪中国学界对专制概念的理解与法家思想研究 - Finally, the author orientates it as mediation theory of the ruling class, points out its monarch-based essence, which belongsto ideological system of the despotism.
最后将其定位为统治阶级的调和理论，指出其实质为君本位思想，属于专制主义思想体系。 - Its purpose was to rescue benighted parts of the world, in the words of the great propagandist, Thomas Macaulay, from "all the evils of despotism and the evils of anarchy".
用伟大布道者托马斯麦考利【注6】的话来说，帝国旨在将世界上愚昧落后的地区从“所有专制和混乱的梦魇”中拯救出来。 - In the French revolution, the Bastille was a symbol of the despotism of the monarchy.
法国大革命中，巴士底狱是君主专制的象征。 - Therefore this cultural despotism, too, had better be "folded up".
因此，这种文化专制主义，也还是收起为妙。 - Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism-including, of course, legal despotism?
难道自由不是消灭所有的专制国家，当然也包括合法专制？ - This act once again strengthened feudalism and brought back an Asiatic despotism on top of the Chinese people.
这一举动又一次加强了封建主义，把亚细亚式专制制度又强加于中国人民的头上。 - The conquest dynasties had adopted some Han means as well as integrating many systematic factors of former regimes in the political organization, which led to true despotism.
在国家政治组织层面上，征服王朝既采纳了一些汉法，又掺入了不少原先政权的制度因素，这样的结合导致了真正的君主专制。 - Despotism: Rule by or as if by a despot; absolute power or authority.
专制：如同或被专制者统治；绝对权力或权威。