autocrat

• n. 獨裁者，專製君主；獨斷獨行的人

前綴auto-, 自己的。詞根crat, 管理者。

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).

1. Murphy's powerfully spoken Oedipus is an autocrat of iconic grandeur.

墨菲激情演繹的俄狄浦斯王是位聖像般威嚴的獨裁者。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Emperor Nero was an autocrat.

尼祿皇帝是一個專製獨裁者.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat.

他是個有造詣的政治家,也是個狡黠的獨裁者.

來自辭典例句

4. It'seems to me that you talk like a great autocrat.

你說話活象個專製的暴君.

來自辭典例句

5. Republican in title he was, but an autocrat at heart.

他名義上是共和主義者, 但內裏卻是個專製君主.

來自辭典例句