authorities 的定义
plural au·thor·i·ties.
- the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- a power or right delegated or given; authorization: Who has the authority to grant permission?
- a person or body of persons in whom authority is vested, as a governmental agency: The housing authority provides rental assistance payments to low-income residents.The bridges and piers are built and maintained by the Port Authority.
- Usually authorities . persons having the legal power to make and enforce the law; government: They finally persuaded the authorities that they were not involved in espionage.
- an accepted source of information, advice, etc.: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the leading authority on vaccines and immunizations.
- a quotation or citation from such a source.
- an expert on a subject: He is an authority on baseball.
- persuasive force; cogency: She spoke with authority.
- a statute, court rule, or judicial decision that establishes a rule or principle of law; a ruling.
- right to respect or acceptance of one's word, command, thought, etc.; commanding influence: the authority of a parent; the authority of a great writer.
- mastery in execution or performance, as of a work of art or literature or a piece of music.
- a warrant for action; justification.
- testimony; witness.
authorities 近义词
power, control
authorities 的近义词 49 个
- force
- government
- jurisdiction
- rule
- ascendancy
- authorization
- beef
- charge
- clout
- command
- credit
- domination
- dominion
- edge
- esteem
- goods
- guts
- influence
- juice
- jump
- license
- mastery
- might
- permission
- permit
- pizzazz
- pow
- powerhouse
- prerogative
- prestige
- punch
- right
- say
- say-so
- steam
- strength
- stuff
- supremacy
- sway
- warrant
- weight
- word
- zap
- leg up
- might and main
- strong arm
- upper hand
- what it takes
- whip hand
authorities 的反义词 10 个
expert, animate or inanimate
authorities 的近义词 44 个
- expert
- judge
- law
- bible
- ceo
- arbiter
- aristocrat
- boss
- brains
- brass
- buff
- connoisseur
- czar
- egghead
- establishment
- exec
- executive
- feds
- governor
- guru
- kingfish
- kingpin
- pro
- professional
- professor
- pundit
- scholar
- specialist
- textbook
- upstairs
- veteran
- virtuoso
- whiz
- wizard
- big cheese
- big shot
- big wig
- city hall
- front office
- ivory dome
- power elite
- top brass
- top dog
- top hand
authorities 的反义词 6 个
更多authorities例句
- Late Wednesday night, French authorities reported that Mourad had surrendered to police, while the two brothers remained at large.
- As for the federal authorities, they have made themselves available but the clergy have not requested special protection.
- Did he go to the authorities to file a report against the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel?
- Yet only 24 percent of the 3,892 femicides the group identified in 2012 and 2013 were looked at by authorities.
- I had a feeling that Turkish authorities were closing their eyes.
- This mania for correction shows itself too in relation to the authorities themselves.
- The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
- The exertions of the city authorities, who had notice of the meditated riot, were unable to prevent or quell it.
- After his death crowds flocked to his grave to touch his holy monument, till the authorities caused the church yard to be shut.
- The remaining figures, being taken from census returns and other reliable authorities, are more satisfactory.