1803, from French autocrate, from Greek autokrates "ruling by oneself, absolute, autocratic," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + kratia "rule," from kratos "strength, power" (see -cracy). First used by Robert Southey, with reference to Napoleon. An earlier form was autocrator (1789), used in reference to the Russian Czars. Earliest form in English is the fem. autocratress (1762).
实用例句
1. Murphy's powerfully spoken Oedipus is an autocrat of iconic grandeur.
墨菲激情演绎的俄狄浦斯王是位圣像般威严的独裁者。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Emperor Nero was an autocrat.
尼禄皇帝是一个专制独裁者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He was an accomplished politician and a crafty autocrat.
他是个有造诣的政治家,也是个狡黠的独裁者.
来自辞典例句
4. It'seems to me that you talk like a great autocrat.
你说话活象个专制的暴君.
来自辞典例句
5. Republican in title he was, but an autocrat at heart.
