Authority
[ɔː'θɒrɪtɪ] or [ə'θɔrəti]
解释:
(noun.) official permission or approval; 'authority for the program was renewed several times'.
(noun.) the power or right to give orders or make decisions; 'he has the authority to issue warrants'; 'deputies are given authorization to make arrests'; 'a place of potency in the state'.
(noun.) an authoritative written work; 'this book is the final authority on the life of Milton'.
(noun.) an expert whose views are taken as definitive; 'he is an authority on corporate law'.
(noun.) (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; 'the authorities have issued a curfew'.
校对:莱斯利--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.
(n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
(n.) The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
(n.) That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
(n.) Testimony; witness.
(n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
(n.) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
(n.) Justification; warrant.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Power, sovereignty, dominion, empire, government.[2]. Rule, sway, ascendency, supremacy, control, influence, interest.[3]. Permission, warrant, warranty, liberty, permit, precept, order, authorization, sanction.[4]. Witness, testimony.[5]. Credibility, weight of evidence.[6]. Respectability, dignity, weight of character.
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解释:
n. legal power or right: power derived from office or character: weight of testimony: permission:—pl. Author′ities precedents: opinions or sayings carrying weight: persons in power.—adj. Author′itative having the sanction or weight of authority: dictatorial.—adv. Author′itatively.—n. Author′itativeness.
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例句:
- They were sanctioned by the authority of heaven, and it was deemed impiety to alter them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- This leads us to consider the fifth source of authority, viz. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- And on the question of pumps versus patent-leather Oxfords his authority had never been disputed. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Yes; and we accept his authority. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- As I pressed her dear lips to mine the old feeling of unconquerable power and authority rose in me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- She loved him as a kind elder brother; a relation to guide, protect, and instruct her, without the too frequent tyranny of parental authority. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Hadn't his authority. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The philosopher should not beg of mankind to be put in authority over them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Law,' replied Mr. Grummer--'Law, civil power, and exekative; them's my titles; here's my authority. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- And he had it in charge from high authority to bring about the great public-office Millennium, when Commissioners should reign upon earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Probably you don't mistake, sir,' was Miss Wren's cool answer; 'because you had it on the best authority. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- In those three capacities I speak with authority, with confidence, with honourable regret. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister,--Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- His authority and consideration depend very much upon the respect which this society bears to him. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The command was given in tones of authority and it was taken down, never to be raised again in St. Louis. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- All authorities agree that that discernment of relationships is the genuinely intellectual matter; hence, the educative matter. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The authorities thought differently, however. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The Chinese authorities kill thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- They are better authorities than I am, for they know what virtue is, and I don't. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Tests on a considerable scale were made by order of the naval authorities. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Grand Gulf was accordingly given up as a base and the authorities at Washington were notified. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- With federal, state, and municipal authorities in existence, with courts, district attorneys, police all operating, they create another arm of prosecution. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Then for a week he taught in Jerusalem, surrounded by a crowd of followers who made his arrest by the authorities difficult. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- From various authorities I have culled information concerning Tiberias. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Now, let us see what the Indians did, after the prison authorities had allowed them to receive their letter. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- If I wanted other authorities for Jarndyce and Jarndyce, I could rain them on these pages, to the shame of--a parsimonious public. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- No doubt it was very weak--it always IS very weak, some authorities hold--but he loved the girl. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- At least you cannot escape from these two witnesses; and they can produce you before any public authorities, or before hundreds of people! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- There are almost a hundred recommendations to various authorities--Federal, State, county, city, police, educational and others. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
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