Despotic describes a person, a government, or a way of using power that is like a despot: cruel, unfair, and unwilling to share control. A despotic ruler decides alone; a despotic style of management makes people afraid to speak.

Despotic describes a person, a government, or a way of using powerdespotic用來形容一個人、一個政府，或一種用權力的方式 that is like a despot像despot（暴君）一樣：cruel, unfair, and unwilling to share control殘忍、不公平，而且不願意分享權力。A despotic ruler decides alone獨裁的統治者一個人說了算；a despotic style of management makes people afraid to speak專制的管理方式，會讓人不敢說話。

It can modify rule, power, regime, or behaviour. It is a formal, somewhat bookish adjective — more at home in history, news, and serious talk than in chat.

It它 can modify rule, power, regime, or behaviour可以修飾rule（統治）、power（權力）、regime（政權），或behaviour（行為）。It它 is a formal, somewhat bookish adjective是個正式、略帶書卷氣的形容詞——more at home in history, news, and serious talk than in chat在歷史、新聞和正經的談話裡比在聊天時更常見。

People do stretch it to bosses, coaches, or parents, and when they do it sounds strong, even a little theatrical: you are comparing an ordinary person to a cruel ruler. It does not name the person (that is despot); it names the quality.

People do stretch it to bosses, coaches, or parents人們也會把它用在老闆、教練，或父母身上，and when they do it sounds strong, even a little theatrical這麼用的時候，語氣會顯得很重，甚至有點誇張：you are comparing an ordinary person to a cruel ruler因為你等於是把一個普通人比作殘暴的統治者。It它 does not name the person並不是在指稱這個人本身，(that is despot)那是despot這個字的工作；it names the quality而是在描述那種特質。