单词 | reign of terror |
释义 | reign of terror From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreign of terrorreign of terrora period when a ruler or a government kills many of their political opponents → reignExamples from the Corpusreign of terror• One of the H. Fire development bright colours within only a few days and began a reign of terror.• He was, simultaneously, a loving father and sensitive poet and a ruthless dictator who presided over a reign of terror.• The Grantley Ripper looked set for a long reign of terror.• The invasion ended the four-year-long reign of terror.• Some reformists suggest it was part of a proposed reign of terror.• The team is based in a local government building, bugged during Ceaucescu's reign of terror.• Heaven knows what his victim had been eating before the battle, but it ended Seiguard's reign of terror, permanently. |
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