dictator

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /dɪkˈteɪtə/    美 /ˈdɪkˌteɪtəɹ/|[-ɾəɹ]|/ˌdɪkˈteɪtəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An authoritarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
    — The Dominicans had lived for thirty years under the iron-fisted rule of dictator Leonidas Trujillo. During those years, which ended with Trujillo's assassination in 1961, those who opposed Trujillo had three choices: to go into exile, to go underground, or to remain quiet. Most Dominicans had chosen the third course.
  2. A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the Senate, typically to conduct a war.
  3. A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
  4. Misspelling of dictater. alt-of,misspelling

词形变化

dictators plural dictatour alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
antidictator benevolent dictator for life dictatoress dictatorless dictatorlike dictatress petro-dictator quasi-dictator tin-pot dictator tinpot dictator
相关词
dictate dictatorial dictatorship dictatrix

词源

From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”). By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates”. Compare Old English tictator (“absolute ruler of the Roman Republic”).
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