authoritarian

英 [ɔːˌθɒrɪˈteəriən]

美 [əˌθɔːrəˈteriən]

adj.  威权主义的; 专制的
n.  权力主义者，专制者，独裁者; 独裁主义者

复数：authoritarians　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 威权主义的；专制的
  believing that people should obey authority and rules, even when these are unfair, and even if it means that they lose their personal freedom
  1. an authoritarian regime/government/state
     威权主义的政体 / 政府 / 国家

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 专制的；独裁的
  If you describe a person or an organization asauthoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
  1. Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
     高官们可能会策划一场政变来复辟独裁统治。
  2. Anauthoritarianis someone who is authoritarian.
     独裁者
  3. Don became the overly strict authoritarian he felt his brother needed.
     顿成为了一个他觉得哥哥需要的极度刻薄的独裁者。

英英释义

noun

• a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
  1. my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime
  Synonym:dictator

adj

• characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  1. an authoritarian regime
  2. autocratic government
  3. despotic rulers
  4. a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
  5. a tyrannical government
  Synonym:autocraticdictatorialdespotictyrannictyrannical
• expecting unquestioning obedience
  1. the timid child of authoritarian parents
  2. insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter
  Synonym:dictatorialoverbearing

双语例句

• He said he was against returning to old authoritarian ways.
  他说他反对回到过去的独裁做法。
• They are both examples of abuse of power or authoritarian control gone wrong, said Mr Gordon.
  戈登表示：它们都是滥用权力或威权控制出错的例子。
• They have an authoritarian system.
  他们有一个威权主义制度。
• Such manhunts have introduced public opinion into stale authoritarian politics.
  人肉搜索将公众舆论引入了原本死气沉沉的威权政治。
• My father was a strict authoritarian.
  我父亲是绝对的权力主义者。
• His vision amounted to a rejection of authoritarian capitalism.
  他的愿景相当于对威权式资本主义给予了驳斥。
• Just because the two countries are now pursuing forms of authoritarian capitalism does not mean they are automatic bedfellows.
  仅仅因为这两个国家如今正寻求发展某种形式的威权资本主义，并不意味着它们自动结成了伙伴。
• Authoritarian regimes are not interested in transparency or the rule of law, the essential prerequisites of economic progress.
  威权政府对透明度或法治并不感兴趣，而这两者是经济发展的先决条件。
• It is easily reconciled with the primacy of an authoritarian state.
  它很容易地实现了与威权国家和谐共处。
• Many Russian politicians look to China as a model of authoritarian capitalism they would like to implement at home.
  而许多俄罗斯政客则把中国视为威权资本主义的典范，并希望在本国加以实施。