a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
A police state is a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control, and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive.
例句与用法
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Police state , there are more laws for what you can t - as opposed to what you can - do ; the state puts a damper on everything 3 .极权地，太多的法律禁令，让人喘不过气来4 .世界上最糟的征税
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Several key never - before - seen elements have also been added and the result is a full immersion in the gaudy , decaying police state 很多前所未见的关键因素被加进来，结局充满了华丽空虚而靡烂的官方叙述。
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He presided over a viciously effective police state and came to personify a whole era of bloody despotism during the latter stages of the cold war 他成功的控制了一个集权国家，并且在冷战后期成为整个时代的血腥专制的代名词。
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You don ' t know what it is to live in a police state where walls have ears and your own children may be encouraged to inform against you 你不知道生活在极权国家是怎么回事，在那里隔墙有耳，甚至你的亲生孩子都会在别人的怂恿下告发你。
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