dictator
英 [dɪk'teɪtə]
美['dɪktetɚ]
- n. 独裁者；命令者
词态变化
复数: dictators;
中文词源
dictator 独裁者
来自词根dict, 说，命令，词源同dictionary.
英文词源
- dictator (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin dictator, agent noun from dictare (see dictate (v.)). Transferred sense of "one who has absolute power or authority" in any sphere is from c. 1600. In Latin use, a dictator was a judge in the Roman republic temporarily invested with absolute power.
双语例句
- 1. They believe that the country needs a benevolent dictator.
- 他们认为国家需要一位仁爱的独裁者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a dictator and a demon.
- 她是一个独裁者，一个女魔头。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The dictator sought to aggrandise himself by new conquests.
- 这个独裁者企图通过新的征服来扩大自己的权势.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. We felt quite impotent to resist the will of the dictator.
- 我们感到无力抗拒独裁者的意志.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The dictator's first step was to strangle the free press.
- 独裁者的第一步是扼杀新闻自由.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》