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N-PLURAL
當局;官方;當權者
The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
例句
This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections...
這給當局取消此次選舉提供了借口。
The prison authorities have been criticised for not moving more quickly to end the protest by inmates.
監獄當局因沒有盡快采取行動制止犯人抗議而受到批評。
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行政管理機構
An authority is an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions.
例句
...the Health Education Authority...
衛生教育局
Any alterations had to meet the approval of the local planning authority.
任何改建都要取得當地規劃機構的批準。
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權力；權限；職權
Authority is the right to command and control other people.
例句
Local police chiefs should re-emerge as figures of authority and reassurance in their areas...
各地警察局局長應當重樹其維護轄區安定的執法者形象。
The judge had no authority to order a second trial.
法官無權進行二次審判。
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威信
If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say.
例句
He had no natural authority and no capacity for imposing his will on others.
他天生缺乏威信，根本沒有能力把他的意志強加于人。
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（官方的正式）許可
Authority is official permission to do something.
例句
The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given authority from his own superiors.
監獄長拒絕釋放他，說他首先必須得到上級官員的許可。
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（某一方面的）權威人士，專家
Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it.
例句
He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs.
他是公認的俄羅斯事務專家。
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PHRASE
有可靠的消息來源
If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it.
例句
I have it on good authority that there's no way this light can cause skin cancer.
我有來自權威人士的說法，這種光不可能引起皮膚癌。