authority

• Get hold of the authorities .
  和有关当局联系一下。
• The voters delegate their authority to these officials .
  选民把他们的权力授与这些官员。
• He resented bitterly the authority of the petty officers .
  他讨厌那些趾高气昂的小军官。
• She has looked on as the leading authority on the subject .
  她被认为是该问题的主要权威。
• Tomas was older than kidd, and he assumed the authority .
  托马斯比基德大，所以有些威信。
• A platform confers authority .
  台上象征着权威。
• Was this clash the symptom of disintegrating authority ?
  这次冲突是否是权威瓦解的征兆呢？
• There was no longer any german authority on any level .
  不论在哪一级，都不存在德国的政权。
• Self-confident and taciturn he exuded authority .
  他很自信，沉默寡言，显得是一个实权人物。
• He had no authority to intervene except by persuasion .
  他没有权力来干涉，只能出之以劝诱。