| 释义 |
despotically
adverb
uk /dɪˈspɒt.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /desˈpɑː.t̬ɪ.kəl.i/
in a way that shows that you have unlimited power over other people, and often use it unfairly and cruelly: 专制地
He went on to rule despotically for 22 years.他的专制统治延续了22年。
She runs the company despotically.她专横地经营着公司。
See
despot
They are desperately and despotically clinging to power.
He reigned despotically over the kingdom.
His father got his way in most things, and had despotically guided Stephen's life.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Systems of government
absolutism
advanced capitalism
ancien régime
anti-apartheid
anti-communism
democrat
democratic
democratically
democratization
democratize
kakistocracy
kleptocracy
kleptocratic
majority rule
martial law
plutocratic
police state
post-apartheid
pre-fascist
pure democracy
|