tyranny
常考释义
1.暴虐;专横;苛政;专政unfair or cruel use of power or authority
a victim of oppression and tyranny压迫和暴政的受害者
The children had no protection against the tyranny of their father.孩子们无法抵御其父的虐待。
the tyrannies of Nazi rule纳粹统治的暴行
These days it seems we must all submit to the tyranny of the motor car.如今,似乎所有人都离不开汽车了。
2.暴君统治;暴君统治的国家the rule of a tyrant ; a country under this rule
Any political system refusing to allow dissent becomes a tyranny.任何不允许不同政见的政治体制都会变成专制。
The persecutions which he endured and witnessed at school gave him a lifelong detestation of tyranny and violence.
他在学校亲身遭受和亲眼目睹的种种迫害使他终生厌恶专制和暴力。
throw off the chains of tyranny. The truth of this was held to be self-evident. Inalienable rights were at stake.
这个时候坚持真理是不言而喻的。不可剥夺的权利已经受到威胁。
The truth is, you're the weak. . . and I'm the tyranny of evil man. But I'm trying; I'm trying real hard, to be the shepherd.
事实是,你是个弱者,而我是残暴的恶魔,我在努力尝试,努力尝试去做个牧羊人。
From Europe to the Pacific, we have been a nation that has shut down torture chambers and replaced tyranny with the rule of law.
从欧洲直到太平洋地区,我们是一个关闭了刑讯室和以法治取代暴政的国家。
Now, it is up to you to face the malefic forces of Illidan and his minions in hopes of freeing Outland from chaos and tyranny.
现在,轮到你来面对邪恶的伊利丹及其手下,将外域从混乱和暴政中解放出来。
The fact that the proposed killing was not a lawful execution but an act of tyranny and abuse of power is expressed by the word zei.
事实上动议的杀害不是合法的执行死刑而是一个滥用权力的残暴行动,其用“贼”来表示。
The only force powerful enough to stop the rise of tyranny and terror, and replace hatred with hope, is the force of human freedom.
惟一足以阻止暴政和恐怖的产生并以希望取代仇恨的力量就是人类自由的力量。
Old-fashioned copyright is nothing but a form of modern tyranny in the digital age.
旧有的著作权除了是数位时代的现代暴政之外什麽都不是。
He imbued Mrs. Dogood with that spirited aversion to tyranny that he would help to make part of the American character.
他塑造的Dogood夫人十分厌恶暴政,而这也是美国人中常见的品格。
And yet you are about to put yourself under that tyranny when you run in debt for such dress!
然而,你为了这样一套服装而负债,不就是让你自己承受那样的暴虐统治吗?
Direct democracy in California is thus an aberration. It has no safeguards against Madison's tyranny of the majority.
因此,加州的直接民主超越常规,它对麦迪逊担心的多数人的暴政没有任何防卫。
By cutting storage and distribution costs, the internet was overturning the tyranny of the shop shelf, which had limited consumers' choices.
以往商店货架限制了顾客的选择,但由于互联网大幅降低了存储和分布的成本,颠覆了以往商店货架对购物模式的垄断。
The question of whether modern democracies can successfully resist populist tyranny is raised and then abandoned within two paragraphs.
关于现代民主制能否有效抗衡民粹主义暴政的问题被提及,而后在两段的篇幅里又被放弃了。
The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob.
1776年,美国的爱国先驱们不是只为了推翻国王的暴政而战,也不是为赢得少数人的特权,建立暴民的统治。
But it seems that the old conventions have been replaced by an even tighter constraint: the tyranny of choice.
但似乎旧习俗也早就被一个更牢固的约束:的暴政的选择。
BACK IN THE days of the tyranny of distance, the primal terror of Australians was the fear of abandonment.
在世界还被距离所主宰的时代,澳大利亚人最大的恐惧莫过于遭到抛弃。
The system of preventing the tyranny from the parliament "s majority is one of the important traits of Russian constitution. "
防止议会多数暴政机制是俄罗斯现行宪法的主要特征。
The sacrifices of these brave troops have rescued millions from lives of tyranny and sorrow, and made America more secure.
这些勇敢的士兵的牺牲,已救出暴政和悲伤千百万人的生命,使美国更加安全。
Exposure to pseudoscience greatly helps understand genuine science, just as learning about tyranny helps in understanding democracy.
对伪科学的揭露大大有助于了解真正的科学,就像学习暴政对民主的理解有所帮助。
It had diffused over the earth all the light which tyranny can give a sombre light.
凡是专制所能给予的光明,帝国都在世上普及了,那是一种暗淡的光。
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