despot

• n. 专制君主，暴君；独裁者
• n. (Despot)人名；(塞、罗)德斯波特

来自拉丁语despota, 来自PIE*dems-pota, 一家之主，dems, 家，词源同domicile. -pot, 权力，权威，词源同possible, potent. 引申词义绝对权力，暴君。

1. a cruel and oppressive dictator

despot

despot: [16] The ultimate source of despot is Greek despótēs ‘lord’. It is related to Sanskrit dampati ‘master of the house’, and both probably go back to an Indo-European compound formed from *domo- ‘house’ (source of Latin domus ‘house’, and hence of English domestic) and another element related to Latin potis ‘able’ and English power. (Latin dominus ‘lord’, a derivative of domus ‘house’ and originally meaning ‘master of the house’, is a semantically parallel formation.) Greek despótēs was used for ‘lord, master’ or ‘ruler’ in various contexts, with no particular pejorative connotation (in modern Greek it means ‘bishop’).

But most rulers in ancient times enjoyed absolute power, and so eventually the word (which entered English via medieval Latin despota and early modern French despot) came to mean ‘tyrannical ruler’; this sense became firmly established at the time of the French Revolution.
=> domestic, dominion

despot (n.)

1560s, "absolute ruler," from Old French despot (14c.), from Medieval Latin despota, from Greek despotes "master of a household, lord, absolute ruler," from PIE *dems-pota- "house-master;" for first element see domestic (adj.); second element cognate with Latin potis, potens (see potent).

Faintly pejorative in Greek, progressively more so as used in various languages for Roman emperors, Christian rulers of Ottoman provinces, and Louis XVI during the French Revolution. The female equivalent was despoina "lady, queen, mistress," source of the proper name Despina.

an enlightened despot (= one who tries to use his/her power in a good way)

开明的专制君主

牛津词典

despotic power/rule

至高无上的权力；专制统治

牛津词典

The despot claimed to be the chosen instrument of divine providence.

专制者声称自己是上天选定的统治工具.

《简明英汉词典》

And if it is a despot you would dethrone.

如果是暴君,你会罢黜他.

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Scratch the despot in Chiang and underneath you would find a medieval clan leader.

蒋虽是个专制寡头,但骨子里却还是一个中世纪的氏族首领.

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Does the girl student lose hair being able to use despot to against taking off shampoo?

女生脱发可以用霸王防脱洗发水 吗 ?

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He was a tyrant, a despot.

他是暴君, 一个专制的皇帝.

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Fishermen organized spontaneously to struggle against the local despot that had monopolized the fishing market.

原则上,我不反对你在会上提出的意见.

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Despot sector of the mortgage loans will have money!

霸王部门按揭贷款房贷将要花多少冤枉钱!

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He was a despot with a heart of granite.

他是个铁石心肠的暴君.

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The local despot trenched on the temple's property.

当地恶霸侵占了寺庙的庙产.

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That emperor was a cruel despot.

那个皇帝是个残酷的专制君主.

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She rules her family like a real despot.

她治家简直像个暴君.

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He was a local despot, who committed all kinds of crimes.

他独霸一方, 为非作歹.

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He is every inch a local despot.

他彻头彻尾是个土皇帝.

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Despotism: Rule by or as if by a despot; absolute power or authority.

专制: 如同或被专制者统治; 绝对权力或权威.

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Russia's Peter the Great was a cruel despot.

俄国的彼得大帝就是一个残酷无情的暴君.

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Charlotte always arranges everything in our house and rules us like a despot.

在我们家里,件件事总是由夏洛特去安排,她象个专制君主那样统治着我们.

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Hearing that the despot Li had died, all the villagers were very happy.

听说李霸天已经吹灯拔蜡了, 乡亲们心里都很高兴.

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The despot gassed the rebellious tribes.

这位暴君用毒气攻击叛乱的部落.

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Does this days make a road despot wanting meeting turn a somersault too?

这年头做个路霸还要会翻跟头?

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Fashion: a despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

时尚: 一个独裁者,聪明人嘲笑他,又不得不服从他.

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He's a local despot , stopping at nothing in doing evil.

他是个恶霸, 无恶不作.

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The Old Testament God is fickle, cruel, a despot.

旧约>>的神是残酷的独裁者 ﹐ 脾气古怪.

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With an owl scream in the dark , feudalism paid its last tribute to China's despot.

这是封建主义向中国的专制寡头最后告别时发出的半夜里猫头鹰一样的凄厉叫声.

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Deeply enraged, Guan Yu killed the despot and fled the town.

关羽一怒之下,把虎员外杀了, 逃亡他乡.

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The despot will not be coming to the cloning lab today.

暴君今天不去克隆实验室.

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In politics, also a reformer a love of power a despot.

政治领域的改革者对权力的执着也绝不亚于暴君.

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Forty to fifty li away, there was a fortified village held by a landlord despot.

离保安四五十里的地方有个地主豪绅的土围子.

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Challenges despot sector questioned why the number of mortgage loans will spend money?

挑战霸王部门质疑按揭贷款房贷将花多少冤枉钱?

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