Authority

(noun.) official permission or approval; 'authority for the program was renewed several times'.

(noun.) the power or right to give orders or make decisions; 'he has the authority to issue warrants'; 'deputies are given authorization to make arrests'; 'a place of potency in the state'.

(noun.) an authoritative written work; 'this book is the final authority on the life of Milton'.

(noun.) an expert whose views are taken as definitive; 'he is an authority on corporate law'.

(noun.) (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; 'the authorities have issued a curfew'.

校对:莱斯利

• They were sanctioned by the authority of heaven, and it was deemed impiety to alter them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• This leads us to consider the fifth source of authority, viz. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• And on the question of pumps versus patent-leather Oxfords his authority had never been disputed. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Yes; and we accept his authority. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• As I pressed her dear lips to mine the old feeling of unconquerable power and authority rose in me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• She loved him as a kind elder brother; a relation to guide, protect, and instruct her, without the too frequent tyranny of parental authority. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Hadn't his authority. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The philosopher should not beg of mankind to be put in authority over them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Law,' replied Mr. Grummer--'Law, civil power, and exekative; them's my titles; here's my authority. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• And he had it in charge from high authority to bring about the great public-office Millennium, when Commissioners should reign upon earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Probably you don't mistake, sir,' was Miss Wren's cool answer; 'because you had it on the best authority. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In those three capacities I speak with authority, with confidence, with honourable regret. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister,--Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• His authority and consideration depend very much upon the respect which this society bears to him. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The command was given in tones of authority and it was taken down, never to be raised again in St. Louis. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• All authorities agree that that discernment of relationships is the genuinely intellectual matter; hence, the educative matter. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The authorities thought differently, however. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The Chinese authorities kill thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• They are better authorities than I am, for they know what virtue is, and I don't. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Tests on a considerable scale were made by order of the naval authorities. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Grand Gulf was accordingly given up as a base and the authorities at Washington were notified. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• With federal, state, and municipal authorities in existence, with courts, district attorneys, police all operating, they create another arm of prosecution. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Then for a week he taught in Jerusalem, surrounded by a crowd of followers who made his arrest by the authorities difficult. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• From various authorities I have culled information concerning Tiberias. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Now, let us see what the Indians did, after the prison authorities had allowed them to receive their letter. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• If I wanted other authorities for Jarndyce and Jarndyce, I could rain them on these pages, to the shame of--a parsimonious public. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• No doubt it was very weak--it always IS very weak, some authorities hold--but he loved the girl. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• At least you cannot escape from these two witnesses; and they can produce you before any public authorities, or before hundreds of people! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• There are almost a hundred recommendations to various authorities--Federal, State, county, city, police, educational and others. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

校对:玛克辛