authority
/əˈθɔɹədi/ 名词 B1中文： 权力、权威、当局
- Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right. · I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.· Vigilantes may have the power to nab criminals, but they lack the authority.
- Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement. · Authorities say the suspect fled on foot.
- A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject. · the world's foremost authority on orangutans· My cheap dictionary is not the authority on word derivations.
- Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation. · Due to being inadequate for the deductive method of reasoning, the argument from authority is considered a logical fallacy.
- Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
- A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit. · New York Port Authority· Chicago Transit Authority
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At last the Mouse, who seemed to be a person of authority among them, called out, “Sit down, all of you, and listen to me!
Shere Khan was always crossing his path in the jungle, for as Akela grew older and feebler the lame tiger had come to be great friends with the younger wolves of the Pack, who followed him for scraps, a thing Akela would never have allowed if he had dared to push his authority to the proper bounds.
I asked Ruby Gillis if she knew anything about how men proposed because I thought she’d likely be an authority on the subject, having so many sisters married.
Tell her to begin.” He looked at the Gryphon as if he thought it had some kind of authority over Alice.
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