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单词 authority
释义
authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/

authoritynoun(POWER)

B2[U]
themoralorlegalrightorabilitytocontrol:
威信；权力；管辖权
TheUnitedNationshasused/exerted/exerciseditsauthoritytorestorepeacein thearea.联合国行使其权力以恢复该地区的和平。
We need to get thesupportof someoneinauthority(= animportantorhigh-rankingperson).我们需要得到一个有实权的人的支持。
They've beenactingillegallyand without authority(=permission)from thecouncil.他们的行动都是非法的，且没有得到市政委员会的授权。
[+ to infinitive]I'll give mylawyersauthority(=permission)toacton mybehalf.我将授权我的律师代表我行事。
He has no authorityover(=abilitytocontrol)hisstudents.他在学生面前没有威信。
Shespokewithauthority(= as if she was incontrolor hadspecialknowledge).她说话时一副权威的口吻。
C1[C]
agroupofpeoplewithofficialresponsibilityfor aparticularareaofactivity:
当局；官方；当权者
thehealthauthority卫生当局
thelocalhousingauthority当地住房管理机构
the authorities[plural]
thegroupofpeoplewithofficiallegalpowerto makedecisionsor makepeopleobeythelawsin aparticulararea, such as thepoliceor alocalgovernmentdepartment:
官方；当局
I'm going toreportthesepotholesto the authorities.这条路路面坑坑洼洼，我要把这一情况报告给有关部门。
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  • A goodteacherhas aneasyauthority over aclass.
  • Our newadministratorseemsto betryingtostampher authority on everyaspectof thedepartment.
  • Theprimeministersucceededinsurvivingthechallengeto his authority.
  • He has norespectfor authoritywhatsoever.
  • Childrenchallengetheirparents' authorityfarmorenowadaysthan they did in the past.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People in charge of or controlling other people
  • acephalous
  • administrator
  • anti-management
  • bureaucrat
  • chairman
  • controller
  • council
  • counter-power
  • dean
  • deputy
  • management
  • manipulator
  • mistress
  • movers and shakers
  • too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
  • top dog
  • troika
  • tsar
  • vice president
  • yourlord and masteridiom
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authoritynoun(EXPERT)

C2[C]
anexperton asubject:
权威人士；专家；泰斗
She's aworldauthorityon19th-centuryIrishhistory.她是19世纪爱尔兰历史方面的国际权威。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Experts and specialists
  • academician
  • artist
  • boffin
  • child prodigy
  • climatologist
  • doyen
  • doyenne
  • hotshot
  • knowsomethinginside outidiom
  • lapidary
  • literati
  • maven
  • pyrotechnician
  • Renaissance man
  • savant
  • semiotician
  • skilled
  • whizz
  • wonder
  • wunderkind
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Idiom

have something on good authority
(Definition ofauthorityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

authority| American Dictionary

authority
noun[C/U]
us
/əˈθɔr·ɪ·t̬i,əˈθɑr-/
thepowertocontrolordemandobediencefromothers:
[U]Thepolicehave nolegalauthority in thesedisputes.
[U]We have tofindsomeone in authority(= apositionofpower).
An authority is someone withofficialresponsibilityfor aparticularareaofactivity:
[C]government/churchauthorities
The authorities are thepoliceor othergovernmentofficials:
Noattackswerereportedto the authorities.
An authority on asubjectis anexperton it:
[C]an authority onimmigrationlaw
(Definition ofauthorityfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

authority| Business English

authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒrəti/us
[U]
theofficialpowerto makedecisionsfor otherpeopleor totellthem what they must do:
The Executive Committee candelegateauthority to the Chairperson.
He did not have enough authority within thecompanyto make thedecision.
the authority to do sthThefederalgovernmenthas the authority toregulatephoneserviceprovidedover theinternet.
authority over sbTheaccreditingboardis thelegalbodywith authority over theinstitution.
[U]
officialpermissionor thelegalrightto do something:
grant/give sb authority to do sthUnder the newplan,countieswould be given the authority toraisesalestaxlevels.
the authority to do sthThecompanyhad the owner's authority tocontracton hisbehalf.
[usually plural]GOVERNMENT
anofficialorganization, oftencreatedby thegovernment, which isresponsibleformanagingaparticulardutyorservice:
the authoritiesAllstaffwhoworkat theschoolmust beregisteredandcheckedby the authorities.
the housing/transit/tax authorityThe city'shousingauthorityprovidesassistedhousingfor more than 130,000residents.
[U]
theabilitytoinfluenceotherpeopleand make themrespectyou,especiallybecause you areconfidentor have a lot ofknowledge:
Whenansweringquestionsat ajobinterview, besuretospeakclearlyandwith authority.
As amanagerhelacksauthority.
[C]
someone who is anexperton aparticularsubject, and whoseopinionsinfluenceotherpeople:
an authority on sthToday'sspeakeris one of the nation'sleadingauthorities on fund-raising fornon-profitgroups.

See also

certificate authority
classification authority
the Financial Services Authority
health authority
line authority
local authority
port authority
the Securities and Futures Authority
(Definition ofauthorityfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofauthority

authority
Classical models and authorities were also sources for perceptions of nature, the countryside and their inhabitants.
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We are grateful to the staff in the five authorities for participating in the exercise and providing the information for the study.
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The degree to which price was used in the decision-making of social services authorities was, however, important in mediating the effects of the change.
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With the exception of some new funding for local authorities to facilitate recruitment and retention in social care generally, this remains the case.
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They were forced to co-operate with the authorities who were making cultural policy, and required to articulate their positions in society.
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If there are no threats to identified sites, national authorities may be able to justify maintaining the status quo.
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Firstly, launching an initiative enables agenda-setting, since authorities are forced to deal with the issue at stake.
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On average, each inspector is responsible for 21 schools in six separate local authorities that employ 621 teachers.
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Regulations are rules and directives imposed by authorities to mandate behaviour in accordance with public policy.
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In any event, the authorities tried to hold an e election to give the facade of democracy, while ensuring that the desired results occurred.
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Local authorities clearly seem most concerned with civil society activity in areas of political opposition.
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The identification of this common good is made, in the last resort, by political authorities.
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The case was brought before the military authorities in 875\\1470.
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In addition, cooperation between different authorities and contacts with mass media are mandatory.
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On this account, conven tions not only guide legal of ficials to the appropriate authorities, but they would impose obligations upon them to do so.
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Collocationswithauthority

authority

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absolute authority
The strict style lost its aura ofabsoluteauthorityand was written into a linear model of history.
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apparent authority
But in fact we commonly distinguish between real and perceived or apparent authority and between de jure and merely de facto authority.
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appropriate authority
They illustrate the close relationship of religion and nascent whiggism because of their account of appropriate authority, and the illegitimacy of allowing freedom of worship but retaining civil disabilities.
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