tyrannize
verb /ˈtɪrənaɪz/
/ˈtɪrənaɪz/
(British English also tyrannise)
[transitive, intransitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they tyrannize | /ˈtɪrənaɪz/ /ˈtɪrənaɪz/ |
| he / she / it tyrannizes | /ˈtɪrənaɪzɪz/ /ˈtɪrənaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple tyrannized | /ˈtɪrənaɪzd/ /ˈtɪrənaɪzd/ |
| past participle tyrannized | /ˈtɪrənaɪzd/ /ˈtɪrənaɪzd/ |
| -ing form tyrannizing | /ˈtɪrənaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈtɪrənaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to use your power to treat somebody in a cruel or unfair way
对…施行暴政；专横地对待 - tyrannize somebody/something a father tyrannizing his children
专横地对待子女的父亲 - 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。 - tyrannize over somebody/something 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。
词源late 15th cent.: from French tyranniser, from tyran ‘tyrant’. - tyrannize somebody/something a father tyrannizing his children