despotic

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George Orwell took the liberty to tell us how what the world look like if despotic and oppressive regimes took the upper hand.
喬治奧威爾大膽的告訴我們在專橫暴虐的政權(quán)下這個世界會變成怎樣。
Despotic rulers stay in power by rewarding a small group of loyal supporters, often composed of key military officers, senior civil servants and family members or clansmen.
專制統(tǒng)治的維持依賴于一小群忠實的支持者，這些人通常由重要軍官、高級政要以及宗族成員構(gòu)成。
This could lead to the indictment of Laurent Gbagbo, his despotic predecessor, whose refusal to cede power after losing an election led to hundreds of deaths.
這個行動可能導(dǎo)致專橫的前任總統(tǒng)洛朗?巴博（Laurent Gbagbo）受到起訴，他在選舉失利后拒不下臺，因而導(dǎo)致數(shù)百人死亡。

It was not of a brutal despotic ruler, because they didn't have any such thing.
并非是一個暴政野蠻的獨裁者,因為他們從來沒有過這樣的人
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If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.