英语词汇“tyranny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tyr·an·ny

(tĭrə-nē)

n. pl. tyr·an·nies

1. Unjust or oppressive governmental power: "He tended to see the Crown as the benign center of the empire and Parliament as the malevolent source of tyranny" (Gordon S. Wood).

2. A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power: people liberated from a brutal tyranny.

3. The office, authority, or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler: Pisistratus held the tyranny of Athens.

a. The oppressive or unjust use of power: parental tyranny.

b. A tyrannical act: refused to submit to her husband's tyrannies.

5. An oppressive or harshly limiting condition: the tyranny of social expectations.

[Middle English tyrannie, from Old French, from Late Latin tyrannia, from Greek turanniā, from turannos, tyrant.]

单词	tyranny
释义	tyr·an·ny (tĭrə-nē) n. pl. tyr·an·nies 1. Unjust or oppressive governmental power: "He tended to see the Crown as the benign center of the empire and Parliament as the malevolent source of tyranny" (Gordon S. Wood). 2. A government in which a single ruler is vested with absolute power: people liberated from a brutal tyranny. 3. The office, authority, or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler: Pisistratus held the tyranny of Athens. 4. a. The oppressive or unjust use of power: parental tyranny. b. A tyrannical act: refused to submit to her husband's tyrannies. 5. An oppressive or harshly limiting condition: the tyranny of social expectations. [Middle English tyrannie, from Old French, from Late Latin tyrannia, from Greek turanniā, from turannos, tyrant.]
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