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

• She had criticized David for his authoritarian and moralistic attitude.
  她批评过戴维那种专制的说教的态度。
• She's so authoritative, I mean authoritarian.
  她是如此专断；我是说如此专制。
• Beijing's authoritarian capitalism makes its stock markets radically different from those in the west.
  中国的威权资本主义使得该国的股市与西方有着本质的差别。
• 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。
• 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。
• My father was a strict authoritarian.
  我父亲是绝对的权力主义者。
• 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。
• Many observers casually put it in an authoritarian capitalist box, along with Russia, Iran and Singapore.
  许多观察人士信手将中国归入威权资本主义类别，与俄罗斯、伊朗和新加坡同伍。
• They are both examples of abuse of power or authoritarian control gone wrong, said Mr Gordon.
  戈登表示：它们都是滥用权力或威权控制出错的例子。
• 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。