authority

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英[ɔːˈθɒrəti]
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基本释义

n.
当局; 当权者; 职权; 权力; 权限; 威信; 影响力; 许可; 权威人士,专家

词性变化

实用例句

She's an authority on criminal law.

她是刑法专家。

牛津词典

He spoke with authority on the topic.

他就这个课题发表权威意见。

牛津词典

I have to report this to the authorities.

我得向官方报告此事。

牛津词典

The health authorities are investigating the problem.

卫生当局正在调查这个问题。

牛津词典

Only the manager has the authority to sign cheques.

只有经理才有权签支票。

牛津词典

It was done without the principal's authority.

做这件事未经校长批准。

牛津词典

We acted under the authority of the UN.

我们是经联合国授权行动的。

牛津词典

in a position of authority

当权

牛津词典

She now has authority over the people who used to be her bosses.

她现在管辖着过去是她上司的那些人。

牛津词典

Nothing will be done because no one in authority (= who has a position of power) takes the matter seriously.

什么也办不了,因为掌权的谁也不认真对待这个问题。

牛津词典

He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs.

他是公认的俄罗斯事务专家。

I have it on good authority that there's no way this light can cause skin cancer.

我有来自权威人士的说法,这种光不可能引起皮肤癌。

...the Health Education Authority...

卫生教育局

Any alterations had to meet the approval of the local planning authority.

任何改建都要取得当地规划机构的批准。

Local police chiefs should re-emerge as figures of authority and reassurance in their areas...

各地警察局局长应当重树其维护辖区安定的执法者形象。

The judge had no authority to order a second trial.

法官无权进行二次审判。

He had no natural authority and no capacity for imposing his will on others.

他天生缺乏威信,根本没有能力把他的意志强加于人。

The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given authority from his own superiors.

监狱长拒绝释放他,说他首先必须得到上级官员的许可。

The prison authorities have been criticised for not moving more quickly to end the protest by inmates.

监狱当局因没有尽快采取行动制止犯人抗议而受到批评。

This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections...

这给当局取消此次选举提供了借口。

While quality of life has improved, there's still a lot of burnout.

在生活质量提高的同时, 却有许多人身心疲惫.

期刊摘选

Policemen have authority to arrest lawbreakers.

警察有权逮捕犯法者.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

He is recognized internationally as an authority in this field.

国际上承认他是这方面的一个权威.

《简明英汉词典》

He has the authority for handling this matter.

他有权力处理这件事.

《简明英汉词典》

The historic mansion was presented by the owner to the city, and is now kept up by the local authority.

这幢有历史意义的宅邸是房主送给城市的, 现在由地方当局保养维修.

《简明英汉词典》

真题例句

His solution was to learn something from the rebels it was fighting: decentralising authority to self-organising teams.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Decentralisation of authority was also found to be more effective in military operations.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Blandon, the boat’s owner, has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, the state-run news agency said.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Much of the criticism is directed at the British Airports Authority, which runs seven major airports, including the three main ones serving in London.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

Each critic in those examples is charging, in a different way, that someone in authority is intentionally being incurious.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

his solution was to learn something from the rebels it was fighting: decentralising authority to self-organising teams.

2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Much of the criticism is directed at the British airports Authority, which runs seven major airports, including the three main ones serving in London.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

The British airports Authority, recently bought by a Spanish company, says the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure, but a lack of runway and terminal capacity, which it's addressing through a programme of heavy investment.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

The Competition Commission is now to investigate whether the British airports Authority needs to sell off some of its assets.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

They try to develop their skills through close supervision and organized activities, and teach children to question authority figures and navigate elite institutions.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

It gave a third party the authority to label its products as environmentally friendly.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The second rule is don't raise the stakes by challenging her authority.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Talk with the local authorities

出自-2014年6月听力原文

The German authorities are sending investigators to discover the cause of the plane crash late yesterday on the island of Tenerife.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

But what was really important about that was the universities stand out as places that really are about the authority of ideas.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

A thoughtful official passed on some of the copies to the park authorities on the assumption that they might make a nice blow-up for one of the visitors' centers.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The environmental challenges are significant but the efforts made by the tanzania national park authority seem to be paying off.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 完形填空 原文

The first is that antitrust authorities need to move form the industrial age into the 21st century.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

In many cases, it would not be overly onerous for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

First two hours , now three hours—this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight , at least at some major U.airports with increasingly massive security lines.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

It turned from God and the authority of the Roman Catholic Church and instead favoured a more humanistic approach to being.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The Food Standards Authority FSA has issued a public warning about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked at high temperatures.

2020年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The framers of the Constitution envisioned law as having authority apart from politics.

2012年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

These epochal figures represented lives hard to imitate, but to be acknowledged as possessing higher authority than mere mortals.

2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the power or right to give orders or make decisions;

    "he has the authority to issue warrants"

    "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"

  • 2. (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others;

    "the authorities have issued a curfew"

  • 3. an expert whose views are taken as definitive;

    "he is an authority on corporate law"

  • 4. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;

    "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"

    "after that failure he lost his confidence"

    "she spoke with authority"

  • 5. an administrative unit of government;

    "the Central Intelligence Agency"

    "the Census Bureau"

    "Office of Management and Budget"

    "Tennessee Valley Authority"

  • 6. official permission or approval;

    "authority for the program was renewed several times"

  • 7. an authoritative written work;

    "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton"

同义词

n.当局,官方

legislaturegovernment

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