Autocrat

(a.) An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).

(a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

迪莉娅编辑

• He was more of an autocrat than any previous emperor had been--that is to say, he had less counsel and help. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He, this school autocrat, gathered all and sundry reins into the hollow of his one hand; he irefully rejected any colleague; he would not have help. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Half of that night, and all of the next day, this architectural autocrat was our sole object of interest. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He was, we have said, a pure autocrat. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Now, autocrat, now czar, will you do this? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Many and many a time she might rule the Autocrat of Russia, whose lightest word is law to seventy millions of human beings! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I certainly do not admire the end he serves: the extension of an autocrat's power is a frivolous perversion of government. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• India is an autocracy without an autocrat. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

霍奇编辑