authority
英 [ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti]
美 [əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i]
将“authority”拆分为“autho”和“rity”。想象“autho”是权威的“auto”(自我)力量的缩写,而“rity”是“right”的一部分,代表权力或权利。这样,“authority”就可以被理解为拥有自我或内在权力的权利或地位。
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- authority (n.)
- early 13c., autorite "book or quotation that settles an argument," from Old French auctorité "authority, prestige, right, permission, dignity, gravity; the Scriptures" (12c.; Modern French autorité), from Latin auctoritatem (nominative auctoritas) "invention, advice, opinion, influence, command," from auctor "master, leader, author" (see author (n.)).
Usually spelled with a -c- in English till 16c., when it was dropped in imitation of the French. Meaning "power to enforce obedience" is from late 14c.; meaning "people in authority" is from 1610s. Authorities "those in charge, those with police powers" is recorded from mid-19c.
- 1. Fifteen-year-old Danny is on the run from a local authority home.
- 15岁的丹尼从地方当局的收容所逃跑了。
- 2. The authority must make suitable accommodation available to the family.
- 当局必须给这个家庭提供适当的食宿条件。
- 3. The Advertising Standards Authority accused estate agents of using blatant untruths.
- 广告标准管理局控告房地产代理商使用无耻的谎言。
- 4. He's got the experience and the authority to carry it off.
- 他的经验和威望足以做成这件事。
- 5. He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs.
- 他是公认的俄罗斯事务专家。