despot

noun

/ˈdespɒt/

/ˈdespɑːt/

a leader with great power, especially one who uses it in a cruel way专制统治者；专制君主；暴君
- an enlightened despot (= one who tries to use his/her power in a good way)开明的专制君主
- It is the story of a military coup which brings a brutal despot to power.这就是那次军事政变的来龙去脉，它把一个残暴的专制统治者扶上了台。
Topics Politicsc2
词源mid 16th cent.: from French despote, via medieval Latin from Greek despotēs ‘master, absolute ruler’. Originally (after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople) the term denoted a minor Christian ruler under the Turkish empire. The current sense dates from the late 18th cent.

词汇	despot
释义	despot noun /ˈdespɒt/ /ˈdespɑːt/ a leader with great power, especially one who uses it in a cruel way专制统治者；专制君主；暴君 an enlightened despot (= one who tries to use his/her power in a good way)开明的专制君主 It is the story of a military coup which brings a brutal despot to power.这就是那次军事政变的来龙去脉，它把一个残暴的专制统治者扶上了台。 Topics Politicsc2 词源mid 16th cent.: from French despote, via medieval Latin from Greek despotēs ‘master, absolute ruler’. Originally (after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople) the term denoted a minor Christian ruler under the Turkish empire. The current sense dates from the late 18th cent.
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