| 释义 |
tyrannize (bre also tyrannise) /tɪrənaɪz/ [transitive, intransitive] (rather formal, written) to use your power to give orders to sb and treat them in a cruel and unfair way（利用权势）专横地对待；对⋯施行暴政◆after years of obeying her own husband's mother, she felt that she was now entitled to tyrannize her daughter-in-law.在多年对婆婆俯首帖耳之后，她觉得自己现在有资格专横地对待儿媳妇了。◆since he took power five years ago, he has tyrannized over the people of this small nation.自从五年前掌权后，他一直对这个小国的人民施行暴政。 |