authoritarian

英 [ɔːˌθɒrɪ'teəriən] 美 [əˌθɔːrə'teriən]

• adj. 权力主义的；独裁主义的
• n. 独裁主义者；权力主义者

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner;

   "my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime"
   

Adjective:

1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty;

   "an authoritarian regime"
   "autocratic government"
   "despotic rulers"
   "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"
   "a tyrannical government"
   

2. expecting unquestioning obedience;

   "the timid child of authoritarian parents"
   "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Uzbekistan is one of the two most authoritarian states of the former Soviet Union.
   乌兹别克斯坦是前苏联体系中最独裁主义的其中两个国家之一。
2. It heralded a turn away from the liberalism of the 1990s towards an authoritarian corporatism.
   这也标志着俄罗斯由二十世纪九十年代的自由主义向独裁主义的转变。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Uzbekistan is one of the two most authoritarian states of the former Soviet Union.
   乌兹别克斯坦是前苏联体系中最独裁主义的其中两个国家之一。
2. A dystopia is usually characterized by an authoritarian or totalitarian form of government, or some other kind of oppressive social control.
   反乌托邦通常具有以下特点，独裁主义者或极权主译者的政府形式，或者一些其他压迫性的社会控制。
3. She wrote a lot of books that exposed the avarice of the authoritarian .the autocracy of the autocrat and the falsity of the autonomy.
   她写了许多书，暴露了权力主义者的贪婪，独裁者的独裁政体和自治权的虚伪。

经典引文

• I don't want to sound authoritarian or fascist but there's only one useful approach to any human problem and that's a positive one.

  出自： P. Nichols

• A parent who is too dominant may become frightening, and no one would wish to advocate a return to the authoritarian rule of the Victorian pater familias.

  出自： A. Storr

• Whereas a free society cannot impose common social purposes, a government with Utopian aims has to, and is bound to become authoritarian.

  出自： B. Magee

近反义词

【近义词】

• dictatorial 独裁的
• dictator 独裁者
• tyrant 暴君
• tyrannical 暴虐的
• despotic 专横的
• autocratic 独裁的
• strict 严格的
• demanding 要求多的
• totalitarian 极权主义的
• absolute 绝对的
• overbearing 傲慢的
• tyrannic 暴虐的