No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
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n. 暴虐;專橫;暴行;
?? tyrann=tyrant暴君+y表名詞 → 暴政, 苛政, 專治
"a victim of oppression and tyranny"
壓迫和暴政的受害者
近義：arbitrareity, absolutism, autocracy, caesarism, despotism, dictatorship
adj. <正>令人厭煩的;
?? irk使煩惱，激怒 + some...的 → 令人厭煩的，討厭的；令人厭惡的
"I found the restrictions irksome."
我對那些限制感到很煩。
近義：humdrum, arid, irritating, lethal, aseptic, nagging
n. 政府;政體;治理的形式;管轄，治理;
?? govern統治+ment表名詞 →政府
"the government's abandonment of its new economic policy"
政府對新經濟政策的放棄
近義：ruling, control, rule, state, governing, governmental
反義：mishandling, mismanagement, misrule, disorderliness, anarchy, lawlessness
adj. 不重要的;卑鄙的，小氣的;小的，一點點;小規模的;
n. [會]小額;佩蒂;廁所;
?? pet(寵物)+y(.的):像寵物一樣的- 細小的 小氣的
"The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier."
對一些瑣碎規定的取消使生活更自在了.
近義：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, meaningless
反義：appreciable, indispensable, interesting, landmark, major, material
adj. 過分殷勤的，愛管閑事的，愛顯示權力的;
adv. 過分殷勤地;
n. 過分殷勤，愛管閑事;
"a nasty officious little man"
討厭、好管閑事的家伙
近義：obliging, accommodating, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, nosey