authority

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #2618 ★★★★★

n. 权力, 当权者, 当局, 权威, 专家 [经] 代理权, 授权, 权威

发音

UK /ɔːˈθɒɹəti/
UK /ɔːˈθɒɹɪti/
US /əˈθɔɹədi/
US /əˈθɔɹəti/
US /əˈθɔɹəɾi/
US /əˈθɔɹti/
US /əˈθɔɹɾi/
US /əˈθɑɹəti/
US /əˈθɑɹəɾi/
US /əˈθɑɹti/
US /əˈθɑɹɾi/
/ɒːˈtɒɹɪti/
IN /ɔˈt̪hɔ.rɪ.ʈi/
其它 /ɔˈt̪hɔ.rɪ.ʈi/
IN /əˈt̪ɔ.rɪ.ʈi/
其它 /əˈt̪ɔ.rɪ.ʈi/

词形变化

authorities 复数 authorities

别名

Auth. auth. authourity authoritie autority auctoritie

教材释义与例句

名词

权威；权力；当局

the power you have because of your official position

an agreement between the US and Colombian authorities

美国和哥伦比亚当局的一份协议

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

    权力

    权威

    不可数 可数

    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.

    She lost all respect and authority after turning up drunk at the meeting.

    Respect my authority!

  2. 2.

    Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.

    当局

    可数 不可数

    Authorities say the suspect fled on foot.

  3. 3.

    A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.

    权威

    可数 不可数

    the world's foremost authority on orangutans

    My cheap dictionary is not the authority on word derivations.

    To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.

  4. 4.

    Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.

    不可数 可数

    Due to being inadequate for the deductive method of reasoning, the argument from authority is considered a logical fallacy.

  5. 5.

    Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.

    不可数 可数

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries 'It seems to me,' remarked Mr Carrados, remembering something very similar not long before, 'that whatever anyone wants to do about Shakespeare, it is easy to find authority in his works for doing it.'

  6. 6.

    A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.

    可数 不可数

    New York Port Authority

    Chicago Transit Authority

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

office agency confidence bureau authorization assurance dominance self-confidence sanction authorisation

上位词 8

book control permission expert actor worker certainty doer

下位词 10

master army judge command professional navy muscle organ lordship ai

相关短语

local authority n. 地方当局, 地方政权 authority control authority figure 权威人物 authority figures (authority-figure 的复数) 权威人物 authority issues certificate authority postal authority rudder authority elevator authority aileron authority verbal authority moral authority public authority [法] 公共机关, 政府机构 appeal to authority 诉诸权威 statutory authority [法] 法定权限

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin auctor Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin auctōritāsbor. Old French autoritébor. Middle English auctorite English authority From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auctōritās (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”). For the presence of the h, compare the etymology of author.

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