The hand of vengeance found the bed To which the purple tyrant fled; The iron hand crushed the tyrant's head, And became a tyrant in his steadWilliam BlakeThe Grey Monk
Tyrants seldom want pretextsEdmund Burkeletter to a Member of the National Assembly
Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they couldDaniel DefoeThe History of the Kentish Petition
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streetsW.H. AudenEpitaph on a Tyrant
ADJECTIVE | VERB + TYRANT | TYRANT + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤brutal, cruel, evil, murderous, ruthless, vicious野蠻的/殘酷的/邪惡的/殘忍的/無情的/兇惡的獨裁者▸➤great大暴君▸➤petty小暴君◇Some of the prison officers were petty tyrants.有些獄警是小暴君。VERB + TYRANT➤become成為暴君▸➤overthrow推翻暴君TYRANT + VERB➤rule sth暴君統治⋯◇The country was ruled by a tyrant.這個國家處於暴君統治下。PREPOSITION➤under a/the tyrant在暴君的統治下◇The kings of Sparta would not serve under the tyrants of Syracuse.斯巴達的國王決不臣服於錫拉庫薩的暴君。