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au.thor.i.tyHC:5WBr7I7ti, $E5WC:r7I7tin(a person or people who have) the moral or legal right or ability to control权威;权力;授权;威信The United Nations has used/exerted/exercised its authority to restore peace in the area. [U]联合国使用/行使/运用了其权力来恢复这一地区的和平。We need to get the support of someone in authority (=an important or high ranking person). [U]我们需要得到某个权威人士的支持。They've been acting illegally and without authority (=permission) from the council. [U]他们的行为是违法的，并未得到市政会的批准。I'll give my lawyers authority (=permission) to act on my behalf. [U + to infinitive]我将授权予我的律师以我的名义行事。He's got no authority over (=ability to control) his students. [U]他对他的学生没有威信。She seemed to speak with authority (=as if she was in control or had special knowledge). [U]她讲话时似乎很有权威性。An authority is a group of people with official responsibility for a particular area of activity.当局，权力部门the port/police/health/education authority [C]港务/警察/卫生/教育当局the Atomic Energy Authority [C]原子能管理局We shall abolish the local councils and create a single, central authority. [C]我们应当废除地方议会，建立单一的中央政权。An authority on a subject is an expert on it.学术权威She's a world authority on 19th-century Irish history. [C]她是19世纪爱尔兰历史的国际权威。To have it on someone's authority is to have been told it by them.据某人所言I have it on Jim's authority that the meeting has been cancelled.据吉姆说，这次会议取消了。We have it on good authority (=Someone who knows has told us) that you're getting married soon.据可靠的消息说，你很快就要结婚了。
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