despotism of [someone/something]
The despotism of the regime caused widespread suffering.
该政权的独裁统治造成了广泛的苦难。
专制统治;暴政
恐怖统治;暴力高压统治;专制统治;暴政;独裁;通过惩罚和暴力威胁进行统治;一种政府形式,统治者是绝对独裁者(不受宪法、法律或反对派等限制);独裁
Government by an absolute ruler or ruling group, especially one that rules cruelly or oppressively.
专制统治;暴政;独裁
Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
通过惩罚和暴力威胁进行统治
dominance through threat of punishment and violence
一种政府形式,统治者是绝对独裁者(不受宪法、法律或反对派等限制)
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Despotism often leads to widespread suffering among the people.
独裁统治常常导致人民普遍遭受苦难。
用法提示:名词despotism作为主语,表示“独裁统治”的概念。
The citizens rose up to overthrow the despotism of the monarchy.
公民们起义推翻君主制的独裁统治。
用法提示:名词despotism作为overthrow的宾语,表示被推翻的专制政体。
Many intellectuals fled the country to escape despotism.
许多知识分子逃离国家以躲避独裁统治。
用法提示:名词despotism作为escape的宾语,表示躲避的对象。
The despotism of the regime caused widespread suffering.
该政权的独裁统治造成了广泛的苦难。
The uprising aimed to overthrow the despotism.
起义旨在推翻独裁统治。
He ruled with despotism for decades.
他以专制方式统治了几十年。
与despotism最接近,强调统治的暴虐和残酷;可用于描述滥用权力,也可指具体的暴政时期。
侧重政体形式,语气较中性;不一定强调残暴,主要指最高权力集中于一人。
更常指由独裁者领导的政权或统治方式;可指制度,也可指统治时期。
偏重政治学说或统治原则,较正式;未必有暴虐含义,不宜直接替换despotism的贬义语境。
grammar · medium
易错句子The ruler despotism the country.
正确表达The ruler practices despotism over the country.
Despotism是名词,不能用作动词;表示实施专制统治应用动词短语如'practice despotism'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a despotism dictator.
正确表达He is a despotic dictator.
Despotism是名词,不能修饰名词;表示专制的形容词是'despotic'。
此处取“专制统治;暴政”义,指与绝对独裁统治相对的政体。
此处取“专制统治;暴政”义,指由人民或共同体自行治理,与外部强加的独裁统治相对。
此处取“专制统治;暴政”义,指公民权利与自由状态,与高压暴力统治相对;它不是政体名称,用法上有所区别。
tyranny 强调暴虐和不公的统治行为,而 despotism 强调专制统治的制度或状态。
dictatorship 指由独裁者领导的政府形式,despotism 则更泛指标榜专制权力的统治方式。
开明专制(指18世纪受启蒙思想影响的绝对君主制)
Some historians describe Frederick the Great as a practitioner of enlightened despotism.
一些历史学家将腓特烈大帝描述为开明专制的践行者。
绝对专制统治
The revolution was a response to the absolute despotism of the monarchy.
这场革命是对君主绝对专制统治的回应。
东方专制主义(关于亚洲专制政体的理论)
The book examines the concept of oriental despotism in Western political thought.
这本书考察了西方政治思想中的东方专制主义概念。
多数人的专制(指民主制度中多数派对少数的压迫)
Tocqueville warned against the despotism of the majority in a democracy.
托克维尔警告过民主制度中多数人的专制。
摆脱专制统治的桎梏
The people rose up to throw off the yoke of despotism.
人民奋起摆脱专制统治的桎梏。
无前缀;词根 despot(专制君主)+ 后缀 -ism(制度/主义);同根词:despot, despotic;同后缀词:absolutism, capitalism
专制政权常通过审查压制言论和反对声音。
民众对专制统治的不满可能引发反抗。
宪法是对专制权力的约束,而专制统治常无视宪法。
专制统治下的民众被称为臣民,权利常受压制。
专制政权常依靠秘密警察监控和镇压异见。
专制统治在与未开化民族打交道时是一种合法的统治方式,只要其目的是改善他们。
From John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1859), this sentence expresses the idea that despotism is justified only in cases where a society has not yet developed the capacity for self-rule.
这句话出自约翰·斯图尔特·密尔1859年的《论自由》,表达了这样一种观点:只有当某个社会尚未发展出自治能力时,专制统治才具有正当性。
习俗的专制无处不在,是人类进步的长期障碍。
Also from On Liberty, this phrase warns that the pressure of social custom can be as oppressive as political despotism, stifling individuality and progress.
这句话同样出自《论自由》,它警告说,社会习俗的压力可能与政治专制一样压抑,扼杀个性与进步。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.