| 釋義 |
tyrannyn.
1.despotic exercise of power or violence,violent andlawless action 專制暴政，專制暴行，無(wú)法無(wú)天的暴行。
△2H.IV.1.3.61:“A naked subject to the weepingclouds / And waste for churlish winter’s tyranny.”i.e.something nakedly exposed to the rain and to thedevastation of winter.赤裸裸暴露在外、任憑雨水沖打，成為飽受粗暴的寒冬摧殘之物。
△R.III.2.4.51:“Insultingtyranny begins to jut / Upon the innocent and awelessthrone.”氣焰囂張的暴政開始侵犯天真無(wú)邪而缺乏威嚴(yán)的王位。
2. despotic exercise of power,(abstr.for contr.) ty-rant專制暴政.（轉(zhuǎn)指）暴君。
△2H.IV.4.5.84 (85):“Thattyranny,which never quaffed but blood.”非血不飲(又譯：嗜血成性)的暴君。
3. violence,cruelty,outrage,villainy 暴力，殘酷，暴行，罪惡行徑。
△Mer.4.1.13:“The very tyranny”，i.e.thefull cruelty.十足的殘暴。
△1H.VI.2.3.40:“That hastby tyranny these many years / Wasted our country,slain our citizens，”你這么多年來(lái)用殘暴手段破壞我們的國(guó)家，屠殺我們的人民。
△1H.VI.2.5.99: “But yet me-thinks my father’s execution Was nothing less thanbloody tyranny.”但是在我看來(lái)我父親被處死實(shí)在是血腥的暴行。
△1H.VI.4.2.17:“The period of thy tyranny ap-proacheth.” 你的暴行的末日到了。
△2H.VI.3.2.49:“Upon thy eye-balls murderous tyranny / Sits in grimmajesty,to tright the world.”你的眼珠子帶著猙獰兇暴的殺機(jī)，嚇煞世人。 tyranny[?tir?ni]n.暴政，暴行，專制統(tǒng)治
‖ tyrannic (al) adj.tyrannize[?tir?naiz]v.施行暴政
tyrannism n. 虐待狂
tyrannous[?tir?n?s]adj.暴虐的，壓制的，誅弒暴君
tyrant[?tair?nt]n.暴君
◇ pay the tyrant 稱霸 |