tyrannize
verb[T]
(UKusuallytyrannise)uk/ˈtɪr.ən.aɪz/us/ˈtɪr.ən.aɪz/totreatsomeonecruelly,controllingeverything that they do:
对…施以暴政;暴虐地对待,专横地对待He was one of thoseschoolbullieswho tyrannized thewholeplayground.他是学校里小霸王似的人物,在整个操场上称王称霸。
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- commanding
- dictate
- guiding principle
- harness
- have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
- havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
- havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
- helm
- override
- plenipotentiary
- police
- policing
- possess
- power play
- skipper
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