misrule

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy. countable,uncountable
    — They followed their leader in regular procession, and the motley characters, which had waited his arrival, now crowded into the church in his train, shouting as they came,—“A hall, a hall! for the venerable Father Howleglas, the learned Monk of Misrule, and the Right Reverend Abbot of Unreason!”
  2. Misgovernment; bad or unjust government. countable,uncountable
    — But in the recent past, there had been plenty of accusations and instances of Henry's oppressive misrule, of which the execution of the earl of Warwick, Suffolk's cousin, was the most recent and emphatic example.
动词 v.
  1. Of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.
  2. To rule badly; to misgovern.

词形变化

misrules plural misrules present,singular,third-person misruling participle,present misruled participle,past misruled past

词汇关系

相关词
misruler Lord of Misrule

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mysrule; equivalent to mis- + rule.
词源 2
From Middle English mysrule; equivalent to mis- + rule.
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