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

• His speech provides further evidence of his increasingly authoritarian approach
  他的讲话更加证明了他变得越来越独裁。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is not true to say that authoritarian leadership has brought on the collapse of the banking system.
  指责专制的领导导致了银行体系崩溃是不对的。
• Even authoritarian Vietnam is increasingly allowing broadcasts in the languages of its small ethnic minorities.
  甚至权威主义国家越南也逐渐允许用少数民族语言来广播。
• 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。
• 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。
• His vision amounted to a rejection of authoritarian capitalism.
  他的愿景相当于对威权式资本主义给予了驳斥。
• 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。