strongman
noun[C]
uk/ˈstrɒŋ.mæn/us/ˈstrɑːŋ.mæn/plural-menuk/-men/usa man who isemployedorfamousfor hisgreatphysicalstrength:
打手;大力士If shetalksto thepolice, Joey's strongmen will bepayingher avisit.要是她敢告诉警察,乔伊的打手们就会去找她的。
literary
apersonwho is verypowerfulandabletocausechange,especiallyof apoliticaltype:
强人;(尤指政界的)铁腕人物Haitian strongman Duvalier couldfeelhispowerslippingaway.海地的铁腕人物杜瓦利埃能够感觉到自己的权力在逐渐丧失。
Powerful people & dictators
- anti-establishment
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- autocratic
- big beast
- dictatorial
- establishment
- figurehead
- grey eminence
- heavy hitteridiom
- kleptocrat
- oligarch
- oppressor
- plutocrat
- potentate
- power broker
- tyrant
- voiceless
- warlord
- éminence grise