autarchy

grammar · medium

易错句子After the government collapsed, the country quickly slid into autarchy.

正确表达After the government collapsed, the country quickly slid into anarchy.

政府垮台后出现的混乱、无政府状态是 anarchy；autarchy 指绝对权力、独裁统治或政治自主，不能用来表示秩序崩溃。两词拼写相近，汉语学习者常把“无政府状态”和“独裁”两个概念混在一起。

grammar · medium

易错句子After the empire broke up, several autarchy appeared in the region.

正确表达After the empire broke up, several autarchies appeared in the region.

several 后面必须接可数名词的复数形式；autarchy 的复数是 autarchies，以“辅音字母 + y”结尾时要变 y 为 i 再加 -es。汉语名词没有复数标记，学习者容易漏掉复数词尾。

grammar · medium

易错句子To protect its economy, the country pursued autarchy and cut off all foreign trade.

正确表达To protect its economy, the country pursued self-sufficiency and cut off all foreign trade.

autarchy 只表示绝对权力、独裁统治或政治上的自主，不表示经济上的“自给自足”；要表达经济独立、自给自足，应用 self-sufficiency。