Despotism

(n.) The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny.

(n.) A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.

录入:库尔特

• The veil fell from his hardness and despotism. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• And he came back professing to be a changed man; there was to be no more despotism; he would respect the constitution régime. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Oh, my friends and fellow-countrymen, the slaves of an iron-handed and a grinding despotism! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• My taste must have satisfaction, or disgust would break out in despotism, or worse--freeze to utter iciness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In our infancy we require a wise despotism to govern us. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It might or might not tolerate the outsider and the slave, but they had no legal voice in their treatment--any more than if it had been a despotism. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Constitution is or was a moderate despotism, tempered by a Chamber that might or might not be elected. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

校对:马奇