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单词 despot
释义
despot
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdes.pɒt/us
/ˈdes.pət/
aperson,especiallyaruler, who hasunlimitedpowerover otherpeople, and often uses itunfairlyandcruelly:
专横者，专制者（尤指统治者）
anevildespot邪恶的暴君
Thekingwasregardedas having been anenlighteneddespot.人们认为国王一直是一位开明的专制君主。
Synonyms
autocrat
tyrant
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Powerful people & dictators
  • anti-establishment
  • authoritarian
  • autocrat
  • autocratic
  • big beast
  • establishment
  • figurehead
  • grey eminence
  • heavy hitteridiom
  • kleptocrat
  • kleptocratic
  • oppressor
  • plutocrat
  • potentate
  • power broker
  • puissance
  • tyrant
  • voiceless
  • warlord
  • éminence grise
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Related words

despotic
despotically
despotism
(Definition ofdespotfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

despot| American Dictionary

despot
noun[C]
us
/ˈdes·pət,-pɑt/
arulerwho hasunlimitedpowerand often uses itunfairlyandcruelly

despotic

adjectiveus
/desˈpɑt̬·ɪk,dɪs-/
a despoticregime
(Definition ofdespotfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdespot

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The peoples who wanted to free themselves from domestic or foreign despots always almost defined themselves by nationality.
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The concept of merit was labelled a tool of despots as it created hierarchies among men.
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Pageantry - whether in the form of airy spirits or vocal arias - distracts both despots from more pressing, worldly concerns.
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Convinced of e the justice of their cause, revolutionary troops bore down with cold steel on the terrified hirelings of despots.
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Indeed, the only real worries related to citizens and civil society seem to be about the extent of their injuries suffered at the hands of evil despots or unyielding bureaucrats.
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Nurses are not all callous women and despots, as many people think.
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I quite admit that he is, or tries to be, a benevolentdespot.
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By the timely deployment of troops, or by diplomatic initiatives or other suitable counter-measures, the ill-disposeddespotcan be prevented from launching an invasion.
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It is very frustrating when time turns a man who fought for freedom and independence into a harmfuldespot.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They have gone from being despots to being fusspots, and that is not justified by the circumstances.
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Plainly, it was correct for those who had initially participated in the revolution to replace someone who was himself becoming adespotand a dictator.
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With indomitable courage, impelled by the common need for safety, they have exposed themselves to danger in facing the mercenary avidity of political despots.
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Currying favour with despots has never been a successful recipe for longevity.
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The localdespotwas indifferent to such niceties and ran a ruthless, coercive population policy of eliminating children of one gender.
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Yes, its ruler is, to our way of thinking, a textbook dictator, an autocrat, adespot, a dinosaur.
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