domineer

英 [ˌdɒmɪ'nɪə] 美 [ˌdɒmə'nɪə]

• v. 擅权；作威作福

英英释义

Verb:

1. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner;

   "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. It pleased me to domineer over her, and she generally submitted to my tyranny rather than risk a hand-to-hand encounter.
   我喜欢对她作威作福，而她通常宁可屈从我的专横，不愿冒著和我直接冲突的危险。

经典引文

• The mercantile company which domineers in the East Indies.

  出自： Adam Smith

• It pleased me to domineer over her, and she generally submitted to my tyranny.

  出自： H. Keller

词汇搭配

• domineer over 跋扈

近反义词

【近义词】

• trample 踩踏
• tyrannise vt
• tyrannize 施行虐政