a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force (尤指以武力夺取权力的人)独裁者,专政者 ■a person who tells people what to do in an autocratic way or who determines behaviour in a particular sphere 发号施令的人;(在特定领域内)支配的人 I'd ban coincidences, if I were a dictator of fiction. 如果我来决定小说怎么写,我就不会让巧合出现。 ■(in ancient Rome) a chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency (古罗马)(在紧急情况下任命的有绝对权力的)独裁官
a machine that records words spoken into it, used for personal or administrative purposes (用于私人或行政的)口录机,录音机
语源
late Middle English: from Latin, from dictat- 'dictated', from the verb dictare (see dictate)