| 单词 | dictator |
| 释义 | dictator (once / 518 pages) 1n 2n A dictator is someone who has absolute power — or who at least behaves as if they do by bossing others around. In government, a dictator is a ruler who has total control over a country, with no checks or balances to prevent abuse of power. Dictator can also describe someone who acts like that on a smaller scale. When your sister is getting married and your mom makes her order roses instead lilies for the table arrangements and yells at you for addressing the invitations too slowly and insists that all of her coworkers be invited, she’s acting like a dictator. WORD FAMILYdictator: dictatorial, dictators, dictatorship+/dictate: dictated, dictates, dictating, dictation, dictator/dictation: dictations/dictatorial: dictatorially/dictatorship: dictatorships USAGE EXAMPLESThe deaths of boxer Muhammad Ali and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro transcended race in their impact. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) In exchange, the U.S. offered Iran antitank missiles to aid in its war against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) In Egypt it fretted over the toppling of Hosni Mubarak and welcomed his eventual replacement by another pro-American military dictator. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n a ruler who is unconstrained by law Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper potentate Francois Duvalier oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971) Jean-Claude Duvalierson and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951) Francisco FrancoSpanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975) Adolf HitlerGerman Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945) Benito MussoliniItalian fascist dictator (1883-1945) Tojo HidekiJapanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who assumed dictatorial control of Japan during World War II; he was subsequently tried and executed as a war criminal (1884-1948) shogun a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68 strongmana powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence autocrat, despot, tyranta cruel and oppressive dictator czara person having great power ruler, swayer a person who rules or commands 2n a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner 2my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime Syn|Hypo|Hyper authoritarian Big Brother an authoritarian leader and invader of privacy disciplinarian, martinet, moralistsomeone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms sticklersomeone who insists on something oppressor a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures n a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine Hyper speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) |
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