Felgenhauer says decisions about such matters in Russia are made behind closed doors and are not always fully thought through, which he characterizes as a feature of authoritarian regimes.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Milton's striking such a strange authoritarian note here that it's easy to skip over it.

弥尔顿在这里提出了很专制的话,很容易被人漏读。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

You'll note -- and there's no reason you need to read more of this, but the Hughe edition only includes a small portion of the actual pamphlet So this treatise as a whole is Milton's defense of these six Presbyterian ministers who wrote a treatise criticizing the authoritarian structure of the English church.

你们会注意到，没有理由你们要读更多这些内容，但休斯版只选录了小册子的一部分,所以这个论文整体来说就是,弥尔顿对五个长老部长的辩护,回击一篇批判英国教会的独裁机构的论文。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The fact there is no clear-cut front-runner, as is the norm in more stagnant, authoritarian states nearby, has led many voters to seize their chance to make a difference.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

Weber said the report recommends fighting poverty and using U.S.political and economic leverage with authoritarian governments to promote democratic reforms and create a middle class and a civil society.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

There are all sorts of security problems. And then there are problems that we in the West would perhaps regard as a little less legitimate, like the simple desire of authoritarian governments to keep tabs on what their people are thinking and doing.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11