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A dictator is a leader who has total control over a country, usually took power by force rather than a fair election, and does not allow people to disagree. It's a strongly negative word, almost always used to criticize a ruler as unfair and dangerous. People also use it loosely, half-joking, for a boss or family member who controls everything and won't listen to others.
From the word’s history
From Latin dictātor 'a chief magistrate', from dictō 'dictate', from dīcō 'say'.
借自拉丁文 dictātor「首席長官」，源自 dīcō「說」。
組成From 'dict-' (Latin for 'to say, to speak') plus '-ator' (a person who does something) — literally, someone whose word is law.
同家族的字
- dictateshares 'dict-', to speak/order
- dictionaryshares 'dict-', related to words and speech
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dictatornoun/dɪkˈteɪtə/
- 1
An authoritarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
- The Dominicans had lived for thirty years under the iron-fisted rule of dictator Leonidas Trujillo. During those years, which ended with Trujillo's assassination in 1961, those who opposed Trujillo had three choices: to go into exile, to go underground, or to remain quiet. Most Dominicans had chosen the third course.
- Dictator, noun : someone who doesn't let American CEOs dictate how their country is run
- 2
historyhuman-sciencessciencesA magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the Senate, typically to conduct a war.
- 3
A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- dictater
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。