1PGGOVERENMENTa ruler who has complete power and uses it in a cruel and unfair way 暴君,专制君主
The country had long been ruled by tyrants.
这个国家长期受暴君统治。
2CRUELsomeone who has power over other people, and uses it cruelly or unfairly 暴君似的人,专横的人
My headmaster was a real tyrant.
我的校长真是个暴君。
Examples from the Corpus
tyrant• She was a tyrant who had absolutely no tolerance for mistakes.• Little Kyle is an absolutetyrant in the family.• Comparisons between twentieth-century dictators and the classicaltyrants of Ancient Rome are alluring but misleading.• The Romanian tyrant Ceaucescu was overthrown in 1989.• Small children are encouraged to be small tyrants, to react violently if thwarted.• When the islanders knew themselves freed from the tyrant it was easy for Perseus to find Danae and Dictys.
Origintyrant
(1200-1300)Old Frenchtyran, tyrant, from Latintyrannus, from Greektyrannos
ADJECTIVE | VERB + TYRANT | TYRANT + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤brutal, cruel, evil, murderous, ruthless, vicious野蠻的/殘酷的/邪惡的/殘忍的/無情的/兇惡的獨裁者▸➤great大暴君▸➤petty小暴君◇Some of the prison officers were petty tyrants.有些獄警是小暴君。VERB + TYRANT➤become成為暴君▸➤overthrow推翻暴君TYRANT + VERB➤rule sth暴君統治⋯◇The country was ruled by a tyrant.這個國家處於暴君統治下。PREPOSITION➤under a/the tyrant在暴君的統治下◇The kings of Sparta would not serve under the tyrants of Syracuse.斯巴達的國王決不臣服於錫拉庫薩的暴君。