蒋健棠英语实用句子38:The class dubbed the teacher a tyrant

 　　The class dubbed¹ the teacher a tyrant².

　　班上的同学给这老师起了个暴君的绰号。

　　dub是个动词，表示给...起绰号，把...称呼为。

　　This city was dubbed the garden city.

　　这城市被誉为花园城市。

1 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 tyrant   

n.暴君，专制的君主，残暴的人

参考例句：

• The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.该国处在一个专制暴君的统治之下。
• The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。