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authority
ɔːθɒrɪti -tɔːr- əˈθɔrəti əˈθɑrəti
Word forms: plural authorities
1 N-PLURAL 当局;官方;当权者 The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed. 当局;官方;当权者

  • 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。

  • 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。

SYN powers that be, government, police, officials
2 N-COUNT [oft in names] 行政管理机构 An authority is an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions. 行政管理机构

  • ...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。

3See also:local authority 
4 N-UNCOUNT 权力；权限；职权 Authority is the right to command and control other people. 权力；权限；职权

  • 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。

SYN prerogative, right, influence, might
5 N-UNCOUNT 威信 If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say. 威信

  • 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。

6 N-UNCOUNT （官方的正式）许可 Authority is official permission to do something. （官方的正式）许可

  • 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。

SYN permission, leave, permit, sanction
7 N-COUNT （某一方面的）权威人士，专家 Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it. （某一方面的）权威人士，专家

  • He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs. [+ on]

    他是公认的俄罗斯事务专家。

SYN expert, specialist, professional, master
8 PHRASE 有可靠的消息来源 If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it. 有可靠的消息来源

  • 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。

Quotations
Authority is never without hate Euripides Ion
I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it Bible: St. Matthew
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