draconian
adjective /drəˈkəʊniən/
/drəˈkəʊniən/
(formal)- (of a law, punishment, etc.
法律、惩罚等 德拉古式的；严酷的；残忍的 - There have been calls for draconian measures against drug-related crime.
有人呼吁采取严厉措施打击毒品犯罪。
- The newspaper struggled to continue under the regime's draconian censorship laws.
该报在政府严厉的审查法律下挣扎着继续生存。 - Trade unions regarded to draft legislation as draconian.
工会认为立法草案过于严苛。
Collocations DictionaryDraconian is used with these nouns:- cut
- measure
- penalty
- …
词源late 19th cent.: from the name of Draco (7th century BC), an Athenian legislator known for his severity + -ian. - There have been calls for draconian measures against drug-related crime.