autocrat
英 ['??t?kr?t]
美['?t?kr?t]
- n. 獨(dú)裁者，專制君主；獨(dú)斷獨(dú)行的人
TEM8GRE擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?autocrats;副詞:?autocratically;形容詞:?autocratic;
中文詞源
autocrat 獨(dú)裁者
前綴auto-, 自己的。詞根crat, 管理者。
英文詞源
- autocrat (n.)
- 1803, from French autocrate, from Greek autokrates "ruling by oneself, absolute, autocratic," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + kratia "rule," from kratos "strength, power" (see -cracy). First used by Robert Southey, with reference to Napoleon. An earlier form was autocrator (1789), used in reference to the Russian Czars. Earliest form in English is the fem. autocratress (1762).
雙語例句
- 1. Murphy's powerfully spoken Oedipus is an autocrat of iconic grandeur.
- 墨菲激情演繹的俄狄浦斯王是位圣像般威嚴(yán)的獨(dú)裁者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Emperor Nero was an autocrat.
- 尼祿皇帝是一個(gè)專制獨(dú)裁者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat.
- 他是個(gè)有造詣的政治家,也是個(gè)狡黠的獨(dú)裁者.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It'seems to me that you talk like a great autocrat.
- 你說話活象個(gè)專制的暴君.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Republican in title he was, but an autocrat at heart.
- 他名義上是共和主義者, 但內(nèi)里卻是個(gè)專制君主.
來自辭典例句