1. The country has been under dictatorship for decades, with no sign of democratic reform.
这个国家多年来一直处于独裁统治之下，没有任何民主改革的迹象。
2. The citizens of the dictatorship lived in fear, as their basic rights and freedoms were constantly suppressed.
这个专制国家的公民生活在恐惧中，因为他们的基本权利和自由被不断压制。