学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3318 tyranny

 今天我们要学的词是 tyranny.

 

tyranny 的意思是专制统治，暴政。In the heated gun-ownership debate, some people don't realize that the 2nd Amendment¹ isn't about sport shooting or even self-defense, it was designed to prevent government tyranny. 在有关拥枪问题的激烈辩论中，有些人没有意识到美国第二修正案不是为了保护狩猎甚至自卫的权利，而是为了防止政府的暴政。

 

President Trump's national security adviser² John Bolton describes the Venezuelan left-wing government of Nicolas Maduro as part of "the troika of tyranny" in the Americas, alongside Cuba and Nicaragua. 特朗普总统的国家安全顾问博尔顿将委内瑞拉的马杜罗左翼政权形容为美洲与古巴和尼加拉瓜“并驾齐驱的三个暴政”之一。

1 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

2 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。