名词

1. 暴政;苛政;专制政府
A tyranny is a cruel, harsh, and unfair government in which a person or small group of people have power over everyone else.

2. 专横;苛刻;严酷
If you describe someone's behaviour and treatment of others that they have authority over as tyranny, you mean that they are severe with them or unfair to them.

3. (不中意或令人不快的)必需品
You can describe something that you have to use or have as a tyranny if you think it is undesirable or unpleasant.

1. a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Synonym: dictatorshipabsolutismauthoritarianismCaesarismdespotismmonocracyone-man ruleshogunateStalinismtotalitarianism

2. dominance through threat of punishment and violence

Synonym: absolutismdespotism