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。
• His speech provides further evidence of his increasingly authoritarian approach
  他的讲话更加证明了他变得越来越独裁。
• 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。
• This may be misleading: in an authoritarian climate, such numbers are extremely dubious.
  这可能具有误导性：在威权体制下，这些数字极其可疑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is not true to say that authoritarian leadership has brought on the collapse of the banking system.
  指责专制的领导导致了银行体系崩溃是不对的。
• Beijing's authoritarian capitalism makes its stock markets radically different from those in the west.
  中国的威权资本主义使得该国的股市与西方有着本质的差别。
• The authoritarian Arab nationalist regimes that dominated the region used to accuse the Berbers of threatening national cohesion.
  曾经控制这一区域的专制阿拉伯民族主义政权中曾经控诉柏柏尔人威胁了民族团结。