autocratic
autocratic 英 [ˌɔ:tə'krætɪk] 美 [ˌɔtə'krætɪk]
adj. 专制的；独裁的，专横的
- Autocratic describes a way of ruling, but not in a nice way. An autocratic leader is one who rules with an iron fist; in other words — someone with the behavior of a dictator.
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- adj. 专制的；独裁的，专横的
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1. If your nation is under invasion from an array of hostile capitalist powers, as Russia was in the wake of the Bolshevik revolution, an autocratic state will seem all the more inevitable.
如果你的国家面临大批敌对的资本主义力量的入侵，正如刚刚完成布尔什维克革命的俄罗斯，一个专制国家似乎是必然的选择。
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2. The current government is autocratic, but it is also adept at keeping the nation together by fast-tracking reforms.
目前的政府是专制，但它也善于通过快速跟进的改革让国家凝聚在一起。
- autocratic (adj.) "holding unlimited and independent powers of government," 1815 (in reference to Napoleon), from French autocratique, from autocrate, from Latinized form of Greek autokrates (see autocrat). Earlier autocratoric (1670s) was directly from Greek autokratorikos "of or for an autocrat, despotically." Autocratical is attested from 1767 (in reference to Elizabeth I).
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