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

• They have an authoritarian system.
  他们有一个威权主义制度。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many dismissed him as an authoritarian ruler.
  也有许多人以为他不过是个威权统治者。
• 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。
• Media businesses are not being torn apart in a fight-to-the-death between Darwinian rationalists and authoritarian creationists.
  媒体行业并没有被达尔文理性主义者和专制创造论者之间的殊死战斗一分为二。
• He is very authoritarian in his dealings with his children.
  他对自己的子女非常专横。
• She rebuked her lawyer for his authoritarian attitude to his clients.
  她指责她的律师对待委托人的命令式态度。
• 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。