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单词 tyrant
释义
tyrant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtaɪə.rənt/us
/ˈtaɪ.rənt/
arulerwho hasunlimitedpowerover otherpeople, and uses itunfairlyandcruelly:
暴君；暴虐的人；专横的人
Tamir, one of severalsonsof theexiledruler,vowedhe wouldliberatehiscountryfrom the tyrant.塔米尔是被放逐的君主的几个儿子中的一个，他发誓要把国家从暴君手中解放出来。
figurativehumorousOvernight mybossseemsto haveturnedinto a tyrant.我的老板一夜之间似乎变成了一个暴君。
Synonyms
autocrat
despot
dictatordisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Powerful people & dictators
  • anti-establishment
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  • grey eminence
  • heavy hitteridiom
  • kleptocrat
  • oligarch
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  • plutocrat
  • potentate
  • power broker
  • tinpot
  • voiceless
  • warlord
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(Definition oftyrantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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If she is guilty, so was hertyrant-victim.
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On the evidence of this volume the fourteenth century was indeed not a propitious period for would-be tyrants.
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In our case, how did the rapacioustyrantarrange the theft?
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Should a ruler become atyrant, he could be overthrown by force.
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For this, they were either praised as mighty emperors or stigmatized as tyrants.
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Instead, he is replaced by the modern character of thetyrant, the martyr, the courtier.
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Thistyrantexceeds all others in quantity and type of evil, and is, therefore, unique.
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Our natural protection, our need for security in dealing with this excessively inhuman traffic, are making of us executioners and tyrants at once.
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We will no longer be unworthy sons, tyrant's pupils !
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We will no longer be unworthy sons, tyrant's pupils!
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Proverbially, the "king" is bothtyrantand scapegoat.
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Political arguments drawn from analogy are discredited by placing them in the mouth of atyrant.
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He seized the lightning from heaven and the scepter from tyrants.
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So, as the poet sees it, to avert the tyrant's wrath the critic should resort to pidgin.
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