| 释义 |
authority /ö-thorˈi-ti/ noun- Legal power or right
- Power derived from office or character or prestige
- Weight of testimony
- Permission
- A person or body holding power
- An expert
- A passage or book referred to in witness of a statement
- The original bestower of a name (biology)
ORIGIN: L auctōritās, -ātis, from auctor (see author) authoritāˈrian adjective - Setting authority above freedom
- Relating to, governed by, or stressing the importance and power of authority, or of a small group representing it
- Domineering, disciplinarian
noun An authoritarian person authoritāˈrianism noun authoritative /ö-thorˈit-āt-iv or ö-thorˈit-ət-iv/ adjective - Having the sanction or weight of authority
- Accepted, approved
- Definitive, reliable
- Dictatorial
authorˈitatively adverb authorˈitativeness noun have on good authority To be confident of the truth of a statement |