tyrannize

verb

1. 对…施行暴政；专横地对待
   to use your power to treat sb in a cruel or unfair way
   1. a father tyrannizing his children
      专横地对待子女的父亲
   2. a political leader who tyrannizes over his people
      对人民施行暴政的政治头领

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 tyrannise


1. VERB 欺压;专横(或暴虐)地对待
   If you say that one person tyrannizes another, you mean that the first person uses their power over the second person in order to treat them very cruelly and unfairly.
   1. ...fathers who tyrannize their families...
      专横对待家人的父亲
   2. Armed groups use their power to tyrannise over civilians.
      武装组织用武力欺压平民。

1. The strong should not tyrannize the weak.
   强者不该欺压弱者。
2. So it is the nature of such persons to insult and tyrannize over little people ( Henry Fielding)
   如此侮辱和欺压弱小的人是这种人的本性（亨利菲尔丁）
3. He used to tyrannize his younger brother.
   他过去常常欺压自己的弟弟。
4. At length, says rousseau," man becomes a tyrant over himself and nature ". can you explain this phrase? Can one tryrannize over oneself? Can one tyrannize over nature?
   最后，卢梭说：「人们变成自己和大自然的暴君」。你能加以解释吗？人有可能欺压自己吗？人类有能力欺压大自然吗？
5. In the case of check-and-balance shareholder ownership, that many big shareholders govern the listed company together, the total shares they hold is big enough to restrict single-large-shareholder tyrannize the little ones.
   在存在股权制衡的情况下，多个大股东共同掌握控制权，所持有的足够大的股份足以限制大股东对小股东的侵权行为。

verb

1. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
   1. her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her

   Synonym:    tyrannisedomineer

2. rule a country as a tyrant

   Synonym:    tyrannisegrind down