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autocrat

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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au·to·crat /ˈɔːtəkræt $ ˈɒː-/ noun [countable]  1. TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingsomeone who makes decisions and gives orders to people without asking them for their opinion 独断专行的人2. PGGOVERNMENTa ruler who has complete power over a country 独裁者,专制君主autocratic /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪk◂ $ ˌɒː-/ adjective an autocratic leadership style 专断的领导作风autocratically /-kli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
autocratHe governed as an autocrat but also as a twentieth-century politician.But the self-made billionaire is an autocrat who seems not to understand the essentials of democracy.But the blood-and-iron autocrats did not help the kid-glove moderates.In others Communist apparatchiks remade themselves as nationalist autocrats, and stifled democracy in its crib.After an upbringing like his, dealing with an old autocrat like Balestre was, well, child's play.Faced with public anger about the Gulf war, the royal autocrat did make some concessions.
au·to·crat nounChineseSyllable
makes orders asking people who and someone without gives to Corpus decisions


autocrat
autocrat /ˈɔːtəkræt $ ˈɒː-/ noun [countable]
1. someone who makes decisions and gives orders to people without asking them for their opinion
2. a ruler who has complete power over a country
—autocratic /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪk◂ $ ˌɒː-/ adjective:
    an autocratic leadership style
—autocratically /-kli/ adverb


auto·cratBrE /ˈɔːtəkræt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːtəkræt/ 🔊 nouna ruler who has complete power 独裁者;专制统治者;专制君主 SYN despot a person who expects to be obeyed by other people and does not care about their opinions or feelings 专横的人;独断专行的人 auto·crat·ic BrE /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪk/ 🔊 adjectivean autocratic manager独断专行的经理 auto·crat·ic·al·ly BrE /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪkli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪkli/ 🔊 adverb