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ty.ran.ny5tIr7[n7in [U]government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly暴政; 苛政; 专制; 暴虐,专横,残暴This, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny.总统向我们许诺, 这是一场反对苛政的战争。(fig.) Women, the play seems to suggest, must resist the tyranny (= unfair power over their lives) of domesticity.这部戏剧似乎暗示妇女必须反抗将她们束缚于家务的桎梏。
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