authoritarian

adj.

1. 威权主义的；专制的
   believing that people should obey authority and rules, even when these are unfair, and even if it means that they lose their personal freedom
   1. an authoritarian regime/government/state
      威权主义的政体 / 政府 / 国家

1. ADJ-GRADED 专制的；独裁的
   If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
   1. Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
      高官们可能会策划一场政变来复辟独裁统治。
   2. An authoritarian is someone who is authoritarian.
      独裁者
   3. Don became the overly strict authoritarian he felt his brother needed.
      顿成为了一个他觉得哥哥需要的极度刻薄的独裁者。

1. Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
   高官们可能会策划一场政变来复辟独裁统治。
2. His speech provides further evidence of his increasingly authoritarian approach
   他的讲话更加证明了他变得越来越独裁。
3. He said he was against returning to old authoritarian ways.
   他说他反对回到过去的独裁做法。
4. She rebuked her lawyer for his authoritarian attitude to his clients.
   她指责她的律师对待委托人的命令式态度。
5. Many dismissed him as an authoritarian ruler.
   也有许多人以为他不过是个威权统治者。
6. They are both examples of abuse of power or authoritarian control gone wrong, said Mr Gordon.
   戈登表示：它们都是滥用权力或威权控制出错的例子。
7. This may be misleading: in an authoritarian climate, such numbers are extremely dubious.
   这可能具有误导性：在威权体制下，这些数字极其可疑。
8. It is easily reconciled with the primacy of an authoritarian state.
   它很容易地实现了与威权国家和谐共处。
9. They have an authoritarian system.
   他们有一个威权主义制度。
10. My father was a strict authoritarian.
    我父亲是绝对的权力主义者。
11. Even authoritarian Vietnam is increasingly allowing broadcasts in the languages of its small ethnic minorities.
    甚至权威主义国家越南也逐渐允许用少数民族语言来广播。
12. He is very authoritarian in his dealings with his children.
    他对自己的子女非常专横。
13. His vision amounted to a rejection of authoritarian capitalism.
    他的愿景相当于对威权式资本主义给予了驳斥。
14. Such manhunts have introduced public opinion into stale authoritarian politics.
    人肉搜索将公众舆论引入了原本死气沉沉的威权政治。
15. One of the intriguing things about authorities and authoritarian regimes is their fascination with uniforms and playing dress-up.
    有关权威和专制政体的令人奇怪的事情之一是它们沉迷于统一的制服和乔装打扮。
16. Authoritarian regimes are not interested in transparency or the rule of law, the essential prerequisites of economic progress.
    威权政府对透明度或法治并不感兴趣，而这两者是经济发展的先决条件。
17. An authoritarian leadership stifled internal debate.
    专制领导压制了内部辩论。
18. Beijing's authoritarian capitalism makes its stock markets radically different from those in the west.
    中国的威权资本主义使得该国的股市与西方有着本质的差别。
19. The authoritarian Arab nationalist regimes that dominated the region used to accuse the Berbers of threatening national cohesion.
    曾经控制这一区域的专制阿拉伯民族主义政权中曾经控诉柏柏尔人威胁了民族团结。
20. She's so authoritative, I mean authoritarian.
    她是如此专断；我是说如此专制。
21. There is much to dislike about the demagogic, authoritarian style of the billionaire businessman turned politician.
    人们有很多理由不喜欢这个由亿万富翁商人转变成的政客那种具有煽动性的威权风格。
22. Many observers casually put it in an authoritarian capitalist box, along with Russia, Iran and Singapore.
    许多观察人士信手将中国归入威权资本主义类别，与俄罗斯、伊朗和新加坡同伍。
23. Just because the two countries are now pursuing forms of authoritarian capitalism does not mean they are automatic bedfellows.
    仅仅因为这两个国家如今正寻求发展某种形式的威权资本主义，并不意味着它们自动结成了伙伴。
24. She had criticized David for his authoritarian and moralistic attitude.
    她批评过戴维那种专制的说教的态度。
25. Media businesses are not being torn apart in a fight-to-the-death between Darwinian rationalists and authoritarian creationists.
    媒体行业并没有被达尔文理性主义者和专制创造论者之间的殊死战斗一分为二。
26. Many Russian politicians look to China as a model of authoritarian capitalism they would like to implement at home.
    而许多俄罗斯政客则把中国视为威权资本主义的典范，并希望在本国加以实施。
27. Economic Growth and the Legitimacy of Authoritarian State Elite Politics
    经济增长与威权主义国家精英政治的合法性
28. Even within the authoritarian confines of North Korea, football is rallying a new spirit among the people.
    即使在朝鲜的专制范围内，足球是团结人民的一种新精神。
29. It is not true to say that authoritarian leadership has brought on the collapse of the banking system.
    指责专制的领导导致了银行体系崩溃是不对的。

noun

1. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
   1. my boss is a dictator who makes everyone work overtime

   Synonym:    dictator

adj

1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
   1. an authoritarian regime
   2. autocratic government
   3. despotic rulers
   4. a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war
   5. a tyrannical government

   Synonym:    autocraticdictatorialdespotictyrannictyrannical

2. expecting unquestioning obedience
   1. the timid child of authoritarian parents
   2. insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter

   Synonym:    dictatorialoverbearing