tyrannizing

英 [ˈtɪrənaɪzɪŋ] 美 [ˈtɪrənaɪzɪŋ]

v.  对…施行暴政; 专横地对待
tyrannize的现在分词



柯林斯词典

    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。

双语例句

  1. This woman had a way of tyrannizing over major dobbin* And made him fetch and carry just as if he was a great Newfoundland dog.
    这个女人有本事把多宾少校捏在手里任意使唤,叫他拿这样做那样的,简直把他当做一条纽芬兰大狗。
  2. There was no fear of its tyrannizing over itself.
    不用害怕国家对其自身实施专制。
  3. But reflecting persons perceived that when society is itself the tyrant society collectively over the separate individuals who compose it its means of tyrannizing are not restricted to the acts which it may do by the hands of its political functionaries.
    但是,进行理性思考的人们发现,当社会自身是专制的,即社会作为整体凌驾于组成它的单个个人之上,其专制手段并不局限于它借政治官员之手可能产生的行为。