authorities / əˈθɔr ɪ ti, əˈθɒr- /

当局当局的人当局的当局的人马

authorities 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural au·thor·i·ties.

  1. the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
  2. a power or right delegated or given; authorization: Who has the authority to grant permission?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. an accepted source of information, advice, etc.: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the leading authority on vaccines and immunizations.
  6. a quotation or citation from such a source.
  7. an expert on a subject: He is an authority on baseball.
  8. persuasive force; cogency: She spoke with authority.
  9. a statute, court rule, or judicial decision that establishes a rule or principle of law; a ruling.
  10. 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.
  11. mastery in execution or performance, as of a work of art or literature or a piece of music.
  12. a warrant for action; justification.
  13. testimony; witness.

authorities 近义词

n. 名词 noun

power, control

n. 名词 noun

expert, animate or inanimate

更多authorities例句

  1. Late Wednesday night, French authorities reported that Mourad had surrendered to police, while the two brothers remained at large.
  2. As for the federal authorities, they have made themselves available but the clergy have not requested special protection.
  3. Did he go to the authorities to file a report against the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel?
  4. Yet only 24 percent of the 3,892 femicides the group identified in 2012 and 2013 were looked at by authorities.
  5. I had a feeling that Turkish authorities were closing their eyes.
  6. This mania for correction shows itself too in relation to the authorities themselves.
  7. The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
  8. The exertions of the city authorities, who had notice of the meditated riot, were unable to prevent or quell it.
  9. After his death crowds flocked to his grave to touch his holy monument, till the authorities caused the church yard to be shut.
  10. The remaining figures, being taken from census returns and other reliable authorities, are more satisfactory.