tyrannical

adj.

1. 暴君的；专横的；残暴的
   using power or authority over people in an unfair and cruel way

1. ADJ-GRADED (人)暴君似的，专横的，残暴的
   If you describe someone as tyrannical, you mean that they are severe or unfair towards the people that they have authority over.
   1. He killed his tyrannical father with a blow to the head...
      他冲着暴戾的父亲的头部猛击了一下，把他打死了。
   2. His behavior grew more unpredictable by the day, and increasingly tyrannical.
      他的行为越来越难以捉摸，而且愈发残暴。
2. ADJ-GRADED (政府或组织)专制的，暴政的，暴虐的
   If you describe a government or organization as tyrannical, you mean that it acts without considering the wishes of its people and treats them cruelly or unfairly.
   1. ...one of the world's most oppressive and tyrannical regimes.
      世上最压迫人、最专制的政权之一

1. He was just as feared and reviled as his tyrannical parents
   他和他专横残暴的父母一样为人惧怕和憎恨。
2. His behavior grew more unpredictable by the day, and increasingly tyrannical.
   他的行为越来越难以捉摸，而且愈发残暴。
3. Really the atmosphere of a variorum scholarly edition is an atmosphere of take your choice, not a kind of tyrannical imposition on the public of a particular version of the text.
   这种集注的学术版本真的给读者一种自己选择的氛围，而不是独断地强加给读者，某种特定的版本。
4. The servants could not bear his tyrannical and evil conduct long: Joseph and I were the only two that would stay.
   仆人们受不了他的暴虐行为，不久都走了。约瑟夫和我是仅有的两个愿留下的人。
5. The more thoughtful critics did not wish to turn the clock back entirely and return to rote learning and tyrannical teachers; they simply said that structure and order have their place too.
   深思熟虑的批评不希望时光完全倒流到死记硬背和教师强横的时代，他们只是说结构和顺序也有自己的位置。
6. Hou Yi ignored her advice and, corrupted by fame and fortune, became a tyrannical leader.
   然而后羿没有理会王母娘娘的警告，他被名利冲昏了头脑，变成了一个暴君。
7. The earth was saved by a strong and tyrannical archer named Hou Yi.
   一位身强体壮、性格暴虐名叫后羿的弓箭手拯救了人间。
8. However, his beautiful wife Chang E drank the elixir of life in order to save the people from her husband's tyrannical rule.
   而他美丽的妻子嫦娥为了帮助人们脱离他暴虐的统治偷偷喝下了长生不老药。
9. Like all tyrannical leaders, he demanded unquestioning obedience from his followers.
   像所有的专制领导一样，他要求他的追随者绝对服从。
10. The lion was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical ( 2), but just and gentle as a king could be.
    狮子既不暴躁残忍，也不专横，而就像国王那样，公正平和。
11. She married to get away from her tyrannical mother.
    她为了脱离她那个暴虐的母亲而结婚。
12. He's shamed by the fact that he has been defending injustice and the tyrannical way of life.
    他感到羞愧的原因是，自己一直在捍卫，不公及专制君主式的人生。
13. Churches and secular buildings were built over the centuries by tyrannical popes and kings.
    教会和修道院建于中世纪的教皇和国王时期。
14. Tyrannical Hollywood film moguls ruled their stars 'lives.
    好莱坞电影巨头操纵着旗下明星的生活。
15. Chomsky's America is a tyrannical behemoth which exploits and terrorizes, forcing its will on its own citizens and the rest of the world.
    乔姆斯基的美国是一个暴虐的庞然大物，剥削、恐怖统治，将其意愿强加给本国国民和全世界。
16. Oh, of course, I was exacting and tyrannical and unkind.
    啊！当然，我苛刻，专横，粗暴。
17. Overcoming ill health and the jealous objections of her tyrannical father, she eloped to Italy with Robert Browning and married him in1846.
    她克服了疾病和她暴虐父亲的专横反对，与罗伯特·朗宁私奔到意大利，并于1846年与他结婚。
18. No one will like to live in a tyrannical despotism.
    谁也不愿意生活在一个暴君专制的国家。
19. Jie was extremely tyrannical and dissolute.
    桀是个极端残暴，放荡的人。
20. If it weren't for those eleven saving clauses under the head of "Deductions" I should be beggar every year to support this extortionate and tyrannical government.
    要不是“免征项目”栏下那十一条救命的附加条款，我每年就得当乞丐，讨了钱去供奉这个敲诈勒索、独断专行的政府啦。
21. Tyrannical governments sitting on oilfields will be more likely to find protection from powerful oil-consuming countries.
    坐拥油田的专制政府将更有可能得到实力强大的石油消费国的保护。
22. He thought he should rescue her from a tyrannical family.
    他认为他应该把她从专制家庭中拯救出来。
23. He has a tyrannical reign on his empire.
    他是个残暴的皇帝。
24. The Sui dynasty's early demise was attributed to the government's tyrannical demands on the people, who bore the crushing burden of taxes and compulsory labor.
    隋朝的迅速消亡是政府对人民进行残酷统治的结果，人民承担着沉重的苛捐杂税和义务劳动。
25. Behaviours which in another man might have been called delusional, obsessive or tyrannical were in Jobs seen as evidence of high standards and great leadership.
    这些行为放在别人身上会被称为妄想症、强迫症和专横，放在乔布斯身上却被视为坚持高标准和领导力高超的证明。
26. The conductor tends to be tyrannical at concert rehearsals.
    那指挥在音乐会排演时态度往往变得很专横。
27. I think you're very harsh and tyrannical.
    我看你太严酷、太霸道了。
28. When Leona Helmsley, the tyrannical Hotel tycoon, drafted her will, the witness who signed it must have been a bit surprised.
    当性格暴烈的酒店业大亨利昂娜赫尔姆斯利（leonahelmsley）起草遗嘱时，签字的证人一定有点吃惊。

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:    authoritarianautocraticdictatorialdespotictyrannic

2. marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
   1. the oppressive government
   2. oppressive laws
   3. a tyrannical parent
   4. tyrannous disregard of human rights

   Synonym:    oppressivetyrannous