despotism

听听怎么读

英 [ˈdespətɪzəm]

美 [ˈdɛspəˌtɪzəm]

是什么意思

专制，专制统治；

英英释义

despotism[ 'despətizəm ]

n.
- dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  同义词：absolutismtyranny
- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
  同义词：dictatorshipabsolutismauthoritarianismCaesarismmonocracyone-man ruleshogunateStalinismtotalitarianismtyranny

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

A large proportion of the best citizen hate his despotism.
一大部分最好的公民都痛恨他的专制君主统治。
The despotism was toppled.
暴政被推翻了。

权威例句

Oriental Despotism: a Comparative Study of Total Power
Despotism and Differential Reproduction: A Darwinian View of History
Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of Total Power by K. A. Wittfogel
Oriental despotism; [electronic resource] a comparative study of total power.
Dominance and Affiliation Mediate Despotism in a Social Primate
The role of despotism and heritability in determining settlement patterns in the colonial lesser kestrel
Despotism and differential reproduction: A cross-cultural correlation of conflict asymmetry, hierarchy, and degree of polygyny
From Organized Dependence to Disorganized Despotism: Changing Labour Regimes in Chinese Factories*
Tolerant food sharing and reciprocity is precluded by despotism among bonobos but not chimpanzees.
"Oriental despotism : A Comparative Study of Total Power", Karl A. Wittfogel, Yale University Press, New-Haven 1957 : [recenzja] / L...