despot
发音
英 [ˈdespɒt]
美 [ˈdespɑt]
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- n.
- 专制君主，专制者
- 暴君
单词词源
despot 暴君
来自拉丁语despota, 来自PIE*dems-pota, 一家之主，dems, 家，词源同domicile. -pot, 权力，权威，词源同possible, potent. 引申词义绝对权力，暴君。
双语例句
- 1. To some historians mao was a dangerously erratic despot .
- 在某些历史学家眼里，毛是一个危险的飘忽不定的暴君。
- 2. Yusof , it later emerged , had had her maths abilities fostered by a father who ran his household like a despot .
- 之后事实揭露，尤索夫的数学能力是被她的父亲逼迫出来的，他象个专制君主一样管理家庭事务。
- 3. The despot ran his country as a gulag .
- 这个暴君把他的国家当做集中营来管理。
- 4. Manuel noriega , a former panamanian despot , is likely to be less lucky .
- 前巴拿马暴君曼努埃尔诺列加（manuelnoriega）很可能没这么好运。
- 5. In politics also a reformer may have just as strong a love of power as a despot .
- 在政治方面也是如此，一位改革者也能拥有强烈如暴君的对权力的迷恋。