1.[u]权力；威权；当权（地位）the power to give orders to people
in a position of authority当权
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。
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。
2.[u]~ (to do sth)权；职权the power or right to do sth
Only the manager has the authority to sign cheques.只有经理才有权签支票。
3.[u]批准；授权official permission to do sth
It was done without the principal's authority.做这件事未经校长批准。
We acted under the authority of the UN.我们是经联合国授权行动的。
4.[c][usupl]当局；官方；当权者the people or an organization who have the power to make decisions or who have a particular area of responsibility in a country or region
The health authorities are investigating the problem.卫生当局正在调查这个问题。
I have to report this to the authorities.我得向官方报告此事。
5.[u]权威；威信；影响力the power to influence people because they respect your knowledge or official position
He spoke with authority on the topic.他就这个课题发表权威意见。
6.[c]~ (on sth)专家；学术权威；泰斗a person with special knowledge
She's an authority on criminal law.她是刑法专家。
If the competent authority makes no response within the specified time, the contract shall be deemed to have been approved.
审批机关逾期未予答复的，视为合同获得批准。
Added to the cold menace of his pale eyes and the authority with which he spoke, even Summerville took a step back.
还有他苍白的眼睛的冷酷的威胁，以及他说话的权威，连索姆威勒也吓得后退了一步。
In his poems, he warmly eulogized progressive social ideas and strongly satirized the authority of the dark rule.
他在诗歌中热烈歌唱进步的社会理想，表示了对黑暗统治势力的极大轻蔑；
Authority is so splintered that the group seems to be run by nobody.
权利如此分散，小组的事好像没人管似的。
Grey offers you a dignified and conservative authority. If it's too light, you could end up looking a bit boring.
灰色让你显得威严，庄重和有权威。如果颜色过淡，则让你看起来有点无趣。
I don't mind going to the equipment. I'm so afraid someone in authority is going to get him go you're gonna break it, you know.
我不是怕坐到那些器械上，怕的是有些健身房老板会过来跟我说，你这样会弄坏这个器械的。
Nayar spoke with some authority, having received the prestigious Green Globe Award in the youth category just a few months earlier.
纳亚尔的话有一定权威，因为短短几个月前她刚刚获得颇具盛名的青少年组“绿色地球奖”（GreenGlobeAward）。
You're supposed to be the authority, and she says, 'Get out of the house, bitch.
如果你想充老大，她会说，‘滚出去，婊子。’
he does not bow to authority, for, if he did, he would continue to accept the theories of his predecessors.
他不向权威低头，因为假使如此，他会继续承认前人的理论。
Even then, it is unclear how much authority they will wield over the disparate group of commanders who now control Tripoli's streets.
就算到那时，委员会对分散控制着黎波里街头的各部队长官到底会有多大的指挥权，也还是未知之数。
Authority figures, whether teachers, heads of nations, or other positions of power, may not always be in line with that morality.
权威人士，如老师，国家领导或其他有权利的人不一定与这样的道德观相一致。
No one was more obsessed with originality, more disdainful of authority, or more jealous of his independence.
没有人是着迷于创意的更多，更轻蔑的权威，或更嫉妒的他独立。
Transcript: It's easy to be the world's foremost authority on affective forecasting when you make up the term yourself.
“情感性预测”这个名称是我起的，那么我也自然是世界上最权威的专家了。
OK, so the Tennessee Valley Authority was in a little bit of a bind.
那好，田纳西流域管理局受到一点点限制。
Acts as the direct line of authority over all Reservations Sales agents within the Hotel and acts as a liaison with all other departments.
既是酒店所有预定销售代理的直接上司，也是与其它部门合作的协调人。
He looked at the Gryphon as if he thought it had some kind of authority over Alice.
他看看鹰头狮，好像鹰头狮对爱丽丝有什么权威似的。
By reinstating Parliament, Mr Morsi is trying to wrench back some of the authority stripped from civilian politicians.
恢复议会是因为穆尔西想夺回平民政客应有的一些权力。
Dublin Airport Authority spokesman Vincent Wall said the weather had a significant impact on operations at the airport.
都柏林机场管理局的发言人VincentWall说，天气对机场的运转造成了严重影响。
And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. He too said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
于是回答耶稣说，我们不知道。耶稣也对他们说，我也不告诉你们，我仗著什么权柄作这些事。
Although some of the material you read will be very persuasive, do not fall under the spell of the printed word as authority.
即使你所阅读某一部分材料非常有说服力，也不要将印刷字当作具有魔力的权威，俯身膜拜。
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