authorities

英 [ɔːˈθɒrɪtiz]

美 [əˈθɔrətiz]

n.  权力; 威权; 当权(地位); 权; 职权; 批准; 授权
authority的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 当局;官方;当权者
  The authoritiesare the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
  1. This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections...
     这给当局取消此次选举提供了借口。
  2. The prison authorities have been criticised for not moving more quickly to end the protest by inmates.
     监狱当局因没有尽快采取行动制止犯人抗议而受到批评。
• See also:...the Health Education Authority...Any alterations had to meet the approval of the local planning authority.local authority
• N-UNCOUNT 权力；权限；职权
  Authorityis the right to command and control other people.
  1. Local police chiefs should re-emerge as figures of authority and reassurance in their areas...
     各地警察局局长应当重树其维护辖区安定的执法者形象。
  2. The judge had no authority to order a second trial.
     法官无权进行二次审判。
• N-UNCOUNT 威信
  If someone hasauthority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say.
  1. He had no natural authority and no capacity for imposing his will on others.
     他天生缺乏威信，根本没有能力把他的意志强加于人。
• N-UNCOUNT （官方的正式）许可
  Authorityis official permission to do something.
  1. The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given authority from his own superiors.
     监狱长拒绝释放他，说他首先必须得到上级官员的许可。
• N-COUNT （某一方面的）权威人士，专家
  Someone who is anauthority ona particular subject knows a lot about it.
  1. He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs.
     他是公认的俄罗斯事务专家。
• PHRASE 有可靠的消息来源
  If you say youhave it on good authority thatsomething is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it.
  1. I have it on good authority that there's no way this light can cause skin cancer.
     我有来自权威人士的说法，这种光不可能引起皮肤癌。

英英释义

noun

• the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
  1. the government reduced taxes
  2. the matter was referred to higher authorities
  Synonym:governmentregime

双语例句

• His company settled with the American authorities by paying a$ 200 million fine.
  他的公司和美国当局达成了和解，同意支付2亿美元的罚款。
• Magee was set free but British authorities were asked to arrest him on sight.
  马吉被释放了，但是英国当局却被要求一见到他就立即逮捕。
• The authorities have failed so far to enact a law allowing unrestricted emigration
  到目前为止，当局未能通过允许自由移民的法律。
• The authorities have said they will attempt to maintain essential services.
  当局已表示他们将努力维持公共基础服务。
• The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities
  危险在于抗命不遵的地方当局将拒绝履行他们的职责。
• They are holding hostages to try to force the authorities into talks on possible amnesties for drugs offences.
  他们扣押了若干人质以胁迫当局就赦免毒品犯罪与他们谈判。
• Local public housing authorities disagree with this reading of the law.
  当地的公共住房管理当局不同意对该法律的这种解读。
• The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.
  市政府称宵禁遏制住了暴力事件。
• The authorities have been asked to set up a commission to investigate the murders.
  当局被敦促成立一个委员会负责调查这些谋杀案。
• The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
  当局对暴行只是进行了谴责，真是太胆小怕事了。