1530s, from French anarchie or directly from Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhia "lack of a leader, the state of people without a government" (in Athens, used of the Year of Thirty Tyrants, 404 B.C., when there was no archon), noun of state from anarkhos "rulerless," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + arkhos "leader" (see archon).
Either the State for ever, crushing individual and local life, taking over in all fields of human activity, bringing with it its wars and its domestic struggles for power, its palace revolutions which only replace one tyrant by another, and inevitably at the end of this development there is ... death! Or the destruction of States, and new life starting again in thousands of centers on the principle of the lively initiative of the individual and groups and that of free agreement. The choice lies with you! [Prince Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921)]
中文解释
1、an- "not, without" + -archy.
实用例句
1. He had been swept aside in the whirlwind of reform and anarchy.
在改革和无政府状态交织的混乱风暴中，他被抛在了一边，没人理睬。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Economic anarchy scourged the post-war world.
经济混乱使得战后的世界陷入水深火热之中。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy.
军事统治政权被推翻以后，接着是一段时期的无政府状态。
来自《权威词典》
4. There would be anarchy if we had no police.
要是没有警察,社会就会无法无天.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. If prices rise the country could slide into anarchy.
