名词

1. For years the country was ruled by a tyrant.
这个国家被一个暴君统治了好多年。

2. Her grandfather was a tyrant who insisted on absolute silence at the dinner table.
她祖父是个专横的人，坚持吃饭时绝对禁止讲话。

1. 专制统治者：06 All Fall Down 一切臣服 | 07 Tyrant 专制统治者 | 08 Prodigal 浪子

2. 暴君;专制君主：recalcitrant 固执的,顽抗的 | tyrant 暴君;专制君主 | complaisant 顺从的,讨好的

1. 暴君;专制君主;暴君似的人
You can use tyrant to refer to someone who treats the people they have authority over in a cruel and unfair way.

e.g. Since 1804 the country has mostly been ruled by tyrants.
自 1804 年以来，该国大部分时间都处于暴君的统治之下。
e.g. ...households where the father was a tyrant.
父亲残暴专横的家庭

noun

1. a cruel and oppressive dictator

Synonym: autocratdespot

2. any person who exercises power in a cruel way

e.g. his father was a tyrant

3. in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it