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英语单词 totalitarian
英美音标 英 [təʊˌtælə'teəriən] 美 [toʊˌtælə'teriən]
中文释义 adj.极权主义的
n.极权主义者
英语例句 (1) Almost all government adopt totalitarian measures in time of war.
(2) A totalitarian government often takes basic freedoms away from the citizens.
中文例句 (1) 几乎所有的政府在战时都采取极权主义的措施。
(2) 极权主义国家的政府通常会剥夺公民的基本权利。
vocabulary简明 You can decipher the meaning of totalitarian by the first part: "total." It refers to a government with total power, one that exercises complete, even oppressive control over the people and their activities. (You can also figure it’s not nice.)
vocabulary扩展 The word totalitarian first came about in 1926 as totalitario, an adjective to describe the Italian fascism of that time. The English form was adapted from the Italian to describe an absolutely powerful regime. Socialist leader Norman Thomas once said: "To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词]极权主义的 A totalitarian political system is one in which there is only one political party which controls everything and does not allow any opposition parties.
  [disapproval]
  • Totalitarians are people who support totalitarian political ideas and systems.极权主义者
    • They feared that totalitarians might yet conquer the entire world.

      他们担心极权主义者会征服整个世界。

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