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autocrat

英 ['ɔːtəkræt] 美 ['ɔtəkræt]

解释

n. 独裁者，专制君主；独断独行的人

※ 提供单词"autocrat"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

autocrat 独裁者

前缀auto-, 自己的。词根crat, 管理者。

英文词源

autocrat (n.): 1803, from French autocrate, from Greek autokrates "ruling by oneself, absolute, autocratic," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + kratia "rule," from kratos "strength, power" (see -cracy). First used by Robert Southey, with reference to Napoleon. An earlier form was autocrator (1789), used in reference to the Russian Czars. Earliest form in English is the fem. autocratress (1762).

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例句和用法

1. Murphy's powerfully spoken Oedipus is an autocrat of iconic grandeur.: 墨菲激情演绎的俄狄浦斯王是位圣像般威严的独裁者。

2. Emperor Nero was an autocrat.: 尼禄皇帝是一个专制独裁者.

3. He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat.: 他是个有造诣的政治家,也是个狡黠的独裁者.

4. It'seems to me that you talk like a great autocrat.: 你说话活象个专制的暴君.

5. Republican in title he was, but an autocrat at heart.: 他名义上是共和主义者, 但内里却是个专制君主.