reign of terror

基本解释

This was, in effect, a reign of terror.
这实际上是恐怖统治。
The human-rights picture is less horrible than it was two years ago, when Zanu-PF conducted a reign of terror, particularly in the countryside, in response to the MDC’s election victory.
津巴布韦的人权状况和两年前相比，已经不那么恐怖了。当时民盟党建立了恐怖统治，尤其是在农村地区，目的就是为了对在选举中胜出的民革运还以颜色。
Yet, between 1970 and 1998 the RAF was able to impose a reign of terror on that country completely divorced from the reality of their small size, limited public support, and popular disparagement.
然而，1970至1998年间，RAF却有能力在该国施加恐怖统治，这与他们规模不大、缺乏公众支持和遭受普遍诋毁的实际情况相去甚远。

"Do you think anyone can govern innocently," Saint-Just the phrase taken of course from Saint-Just, one of the leaders of the Jacobin Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
你认为有人能够清白无辜地进行统治吗“,当然这句话出自，法国大革命期间雅各宾恐怖统治集团中的,一位领导者。
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the period of Jacobin rule during the French Revolution, during which thousands of people were executed for treason (Oct 1793July 1794)