As the hero of this erudite and engaging work of social history, Reich is a fascinating subject. He was arrogant and influential, tyrannical and abusive.

作为精神分析这一交叉性强而颇为费力的社会历史学科的标志性人物，赖希是一个言说不尽的话题——高傲自大、出言不逊、固执己见、影响深远。

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She grew up with a drunken mother and a tyrannical father.

她从小就和酗酒的母亲和专横的父亲一起生活。

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This tradition has exercised an almost tyrannical power over thinking about the relations of men and women, for more than a hundred years.

这种传统的运行让一种几乎是残暴的力量存在于男人的女人的关系之中，差不多一百年之久。

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And I think it's a measure of the power of Milton's anti-tyrannical language that it can be used against Milton himself.

我认为这种米尔顿的反暴政语言之力量的,衡量标准可用于弥尔顿自己身上。

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Further, since his followers already have suspicions of a tyrannical government, it played neatly into a preconfigured context.

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There, Somjit, a tyrannical housemaid, grudgingly takes her in with a warning to stay far from the mistress of the house, Madame Ranjuan.

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We do not face the threat of a tyrannical government today that justifies its overthrow, but the Founding Fathers left the possibility that a future tyrant would require an armed insurrection.

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