tyrant
tyrant 英 [ˈtaɪrənt] 美 [ˈtaɪrənt]
n. 暴君
名词复数:tyrants
- If you accuse your parents of being tyrants, you are saying they abuse their control of you––they are cruel, overly restrictive of your freedoms, and unfair. A tyrant is a ruler who is cruel and unjust.
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- n. 暴君
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1. The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants.
这个国家接连遭受暴君的统治。
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2. His boss is a complete tyrant.
他的老板是个不折不扣的暴君。
- tyrant (n.) c. 1300, "absolute ruler," especially one without legal right; "cruel, oppressive ruler," from Old French tiran, tyrant (12c.), from Latin tyrannus "lord, master, monarch, despot," especially "arbitrary ruler, cruel governor, autocrat" (source also of Spanish tirano, Italian tiranno), from Greek tyrannos "lord, master, sovereign, absolute ruler unlimited by law or constitution," a loan-word from a language of Asia Minor (probably Lydian); Klein compares Etruscan Turan "mistress, lady" (surname of Venus).
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