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

• 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。
• One of the intriguing things about authorities and authoritarian regimes is their fascination with uniforms and playing dress-up.
  有关权威和专制政体的令人奇怪的事情之一是它们沉迷于统一的制服和乔装打扮。
• 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。
• There is much to dislike about the demagogic, authoritarian style of the billionaire businessman turned politician.
  人们有很多理由不喜欢这个由亿万富翁商人转变成的政客那种具有煽动性的威权风格。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• She's so authoritative, I mean authoritarian.
  她是如此专断；我是说如此专制。
• He said he was against returning to old authoritarian ways.
  他说他反对回到过去的独裁做法。