网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 authoritative
释义
authoritative
adjective
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ɪ.tə.tɪv/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/
showingthat you areconfident, incontrol, andexpectto berespectedandobeyed:
专断的；命令式的；权威性的
She has an authoritativemannerthat attimesisalmostarrogant.她爱发号施令，有时几乎到了盛气凌人的地步。
containingcompleteandaccurateinformation, andthereforerespected:
权威的；可信的；可靠的
Thebookis an authoritativeaccountof the SecondWorldWar.这本书对第二次世界大战作了非常权威的记述。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling and being in charge
  • aggrandize
  • assume
  • assumption
  • authoritatively
  • autocratically
  • commanding
  • dictate
  • harness
  • have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
  • havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
  • havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
  • have/hold the whip handidiom
  • helm
  • override
  • police
  • policing
  • possess
  • power play
  • predominate
  • skipper
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Accurate and exact

Related word

authoritatively
(Definition ofauthoritativefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

authoritative| American Dictionary

authoritative
adjective
us
/əˈθɔr·əˌteɪ·t̬ɪv,əˈθɑr-/
having thepowerofspecialknowledge, or (of aperson)showingtheconfidenceof havingspecialknowledge:
an authoritativemanner
Heropinionon thesubjectwasconsideredauthoritative.

authoritatively

adverbus
/əˈθɔr·əˌteɪt̬·ɪv·li,əˈθɑr-/
Hespokeauthoritatively aboutpolicework.
(Definition ofauthoritativefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofauthoritative

authoritative
The book comes across asauthoritative, informative and practical.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, the papers fall broadly into two categories :authoritativeoverviews of a particular subject or more focussed novel contributions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Another form of translation is the one taking place at interorganisational level in connection withauthoritativedecision-making.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Do we want a friendly agent or anauthoritativeagent?
From theCambridge English Corpus
His thorough knowledge of the morphosyntax of these languages greatly contributes to hisauthoritativeuse of secondary sources.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They do so by offering reasons or byauthoritativemarkings.
From theCambridge English Corpus
On that theor y, it will be recalled, a precedent can beauthoritativeeven though it is ultimately over ruled.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We might add executive authority to account forauthoritativefigures like police officers and tax officials.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Neither theoretical pronouncements not practical directives have to be exclusionar y if they are to be, or be treated as being,authoritative.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Likewise, those laws and rules are subject to deliberate alteration through standard procedures undertaken by the people in theauthoritativepositions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
By contrast, the precepts of custom emerge and develop gradually instead of being brought into existence through discrete andauthoritativeacts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All they need to resolve their dispute is the arbitrator's decision-appealing to the plaintiff's rule as anauthoritativerule makes no additional difference to them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Precedents cannot be normativelyauthoritativefor any behavior.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Pleasingly, the book's written style is clear andauthoritative.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Let us assume this case has been handed down in a legal system that treats the decisions of its highest court asauthoritativeprecedents.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/authoritative##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 1:45:27