tyrannize
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If you say that one person tyrannizes another, you mean that the first person uses their power over the second person in order to treat them very cruelly and unfairly. 欺壓
...fathers who tyrannize their families. ...專橫對待家人的父親。
Armed groups use their power to tyrannize over civilians. 武裝組織用它們的武力來欺壓平民。
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tyrannize /ˈtɪrəˌnaɪz/ (tyrannizing,tyrannized,tyrannizes)
BRIT also tyrannise
剑桥词典
- to treat someone cruelly , controlling everything that they do
對…施以暴政；暴虐地對待，專橫地對待
He was one of those school bullies who tyrannized the whole playground . 他是學校裡小霸王似的人物，在整個操場上稱王稱霸。 返回 tyrannize