Noun:

1. a cruel and oppressive dictator

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

3. any person who exercises power in a cruel way;

   "his father was a tyrant"
   

1.暴君;专制君主;暴君似的人
You can usetyrant 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 atyrant.
父亲残暴专横的家庭

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

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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

The emperor was a tyrant.

那皇帝是个暴君。

This ruler is a pitiless tyrant.

这个统治者是一个冷酷的暴君。

Mr Smith was a high-handed tyrant in his office.

史密斯先生在他办公室里是个专横跋扈的独裁者。

Her grandfather is a tyrant who insists 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。

The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants.

这个国家接连遭受暴君的统治。

(figurative)His boss is a complete tyrant.

他的老板是个不折不扣的暴君。

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。

...households where the father was a tyrant.

父亲残暴专横的家庭

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

暴君总能找到借口.

For years the country was ruled by a tyrant.

这个国家被一个暴君统治了好多年.

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.

Make war upon this bloody tyrant Time?

去抵抗这血淋淋的魔王——时光?

No tyrant ever gave back so much.

从没有暴君会给予这么多.

This ruler is a pitiless tyrant.

这个统治者是一个冷酷的暴君.

His father was a tyrant.

他父亲是个暴君.

The tyrant who oppressed the people was finally overthrown.

压迫人民的暴君终于被推翻了.

We are all afraid of him. He is a tyrant of a father.

我们都怕他. 他是个暴君一样的父亲.

The enemies of the Republic call me tyrant!

共和国的敌人说我是暴君!

Does he deliberately set out to be a tyrant?

他从头就打算当暴君的 吗 ?

A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

暴君总可以为自己找到暴政的藉口.

Tyranny reacts upon the tyrant.

对于暴虐者反应也是暴虐行动.

The emperor was a tyrant.

那皇帝是个暴君.

Liu Wencai was a tyrant of a landlord.

刘文财是个暴君般的地主.

The tyrant rioted in cruelty.

那暴君残暴无度.

They all raised the standard of revolt against the tyrant.

他们都举起义旗,反对暴君.

We know that behind every tyrant stands a Jew, as a JesuIt'stands behind every Pope.

我们知道,每个暴君背后都有一个犹太人, 就像每个教皇背后都有一名耶稣会成员一样.

The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.

暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣.

For how can a tyrant rule the free and the proud.

暴君如何可以统治自由与骄傲的人民?

Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.

就像是奴隶们在一个暴君赞美他自己残杀他们之前,作贱自己.

A gentleman is never a tyrant or a bully.

绅士绝不会是一个暴君或者欺凌弱小者.

No greater misfortune befalls a country than to be governed by a tyrant.

没有比一个国家被暴君统治而更不幸的了.

I voted for the death of that tyrant.

我表决了这个暴君的末日.

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  出自：R. L. Fox