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单词 draconian
释义
draconian
adjective
formal
uk
/drəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/us
/drəˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
Draconianlaws,governmentactions, etc. areextremelysevere, or gofurtherthan what isrightornecessary:
（法律、政府行为等）苛刻的，严厉的，严酷的
draconianlaws/methods严酷的法律／苛刻的方法
Hecriticizedthe draconianmeasurestaken by thepoliceincontrollingthedemonstrators.他批评了警方在控制示威者时采取了过于严厉的措施。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
strict
  • strictHer parents were very strict.
  • firmI was always very firm with my children.
  • take a hard line onThe school takes a hard line on bullying.
  • authoritarianThe country was under the rule of an authoritarian leader.
  • stringentStringent safety regulations were introduced after the accident.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Severe
  • austere
  • austerely
  • authoritarian
  • be heavy onsomeoneidiom
  • brutally
  • flaming
  • harsh
  • iron
  • nonsense
  • not stand any nonsenseidiom
  • pitiless
  • rigorously
  • rigour
  • sharp
  • sharpness
  • stern
  • sternly
  • sternness
  • stiffly
  • strict
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(Definition ofdraconianfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

draconian| American Dictionary

draconian
adjective
us
/drəˈkoʊ·ni·ən/
(esp. of arule,law, orpunishment)extremelysevere:
Thegovernorproposeddraconiancutsinstateaidtoeducation.
(Definition ofdraconianfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdraconian

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The question as to why governments do not eradicate all misdemeanors by imposingdraconianpenalties is yet to be resolved.
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Regulation is pictured as a pyramid of activities, beginning with persuasion at the bottom, and ending with a variety ofdraconianpenalties at the top.
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It would be very strange to see the rules for wills or contracts asdraconianmeans of making testation-without-two-witnesses and promiseswithout-reciprocity impossible.
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Finally, there is the assessment of lawmakers thinking about adoptingdraconianlegislation now-like our cur rent drug laws-to avert more draconian laws in the future.
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The context here is one in which all of society adopted a certaindraconianpunishment regime.
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Complicating this individual dilemma with arcane opinion, let alonedraconianpolicy, rarely if ever helps.
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There we asked whether it was moral for a state to inflict somedraconianpunishment now if it thus averted moredraconianpunishment later on.
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The authorities soon backed away from thesedraconianmeasures, yet throughout the war salons operated under the most severe restrictions.
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British intervention might be the only way to avoiddraconianpunishment.
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Actualdraconianpunishment would not be carried out by a machine but by human beings.
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This is shaping up as a formidable defense ofdraconianpunishment.
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We might look at law enforcement officials in adraconianregime in the same way.
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What the appropriate way is for thinking aboutdraconianpunishment is as yet undetermined.
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If there is a politics in these works, it is a politics of self-rule, howeverdraconianor despotic.
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Even if they do decide to use what we calldraconianmeasures to cut fertility, the outside world should applaud them for trying.
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