authority

• I am no stickler for authority .
  我决非拘泥于权威的人。
• The eyes look out with directness and authority .
  两只眼睛流露出直率而威严的神情。
• The symptoms of weakening authority were everywhere .
  权威正在衰弱的征兆满目皆是。
• You must have a civil authority you can trust .
  你们需要有一个你们能信任的行政当局。
• It would be better if the school authorities should see to it .
  似应由学校领导处理。
• He fancies himself an authority .
  他自以为是个权威。
• He spat again, this time with less authority .
  他又啐了口吐沫，这回却没有那么神气了。
• She is an authority on phonetics .
  她是语音学权威。
• Authority is in the town .
  真正的当权者是这个城镇。
• The major defect of their work was deference to authority .
  他们的主要缺陷是趋从权威。