1862, "favoring imposed order over freedom," from authority + -an. Compare authoritative, which originally had this meaning to itself. Noun in the sense of one advocating or practicing such governance is from 1859.
双语例句
1. Senior officers could be considering a coup to restore authoritarian rule.
高官们可能会策划一场政变来复辟独裁统治。
来自柯林斯例句
2. His speech provides further evidence of his increasingly authoritarian approach.
他的讲话更加证明了他变得越来越独裁。
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3. He said he was against returning to old authoritarian ways.
他说他反对回到过去的独裁做法。
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4. She rebuked her lawyer for his authoritarian attitude to her clients.
她指责她的律师对待委托人的命令式态度.
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5. The authoritarian policy wasn't proved to be a success.
