| 单词 | tyrant |
| 释义 | tyrant (once / 358 pages) n If you accuse your parents of being tyrants, you are saying they abuse their control of you––they are cruel, overly restrictive of your freedoms, and unfair. A tyrant is a ruler who is cruel and unjust. Here's an idea for a game: list all the tyrants in history and vote for the worst tyrant of all time. Don't limit yourself to 20th or 21st century ones like Hitler and Stalin and Saddam Hussein. Maybe put Attila the Hun on your list. You could also name a few minor tyrants in your life, such as your boss or another person with unreasonable demands. WORD FAMILYtyrant: tyrannise, tyrannize, tyrannous, tyrants+/tyrannise: tyrannised, tyrannises, tyrannising/tyrannize: tyrannized, tyrannizes, tyrannizing/tyrannous: tyrannously USAGE EXAMPLESOn Twitter, Douthat wrote, “I’d rather risk defeat at my enemies’ hands than turn my own cause over to a incompetent tyrant.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) “Great Ambition unchecked by principle . . . is an unruly Tyrant.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Riboud regarded his tutor as both a teacher and a tyrant, but learned much about the art of good photography. Time(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a cruel and oppressive dictator Syn|Hypo|Hyper autocrat, despot czar a person having great power dictator, potentate a ruler who is unconstrained by law 2n in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it Exp|Hyper Dionysius the Elder the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC) ruler, swayer a person who rules or commands 3n any person who exercises power in a cruel way his father was a tyrant Hyper individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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