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draconian 音标拼音: [drek'oniən] [drək'oniən] a. 古代执政官的;严峻的 古代执政官的;严峻的 Draconian adj 1: of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws; " Draconian measures" Draconian \ Dra* co" ni* an\, a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. Used especially in the phrase { Draconian punishment}. [ 1913 Webster PJC] { Draconian code}, or { Draconian laws}, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor. { Draconian punishment}, punishment so severe as to seem excessive for the crime being punished. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 48 Moby Thesaurus words for " Draconian": Tartarean, animal, anthropophagous, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody- minded, brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, cannibalistic, cruel, cruel- hearted, demoniac, demoniacal, devilish, diabolic, fell, feral, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, hellish, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, murderous, ruthless, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, sharkish, slavering, subhuman, truculent, unchristian, uncivilized, unhuman, vicious, wolfish
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