authority

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɔːˈθɒɹəti/|/ɔːˈθɒɹɪti/    美 /əˈθɔɹədi/|/əˈθɔɹəti/|[əˈθɔɹəɾi]|/əˈθɔɹti/|[əˈθɔɹɾi]|/əˈθɑɹəti/|[əˈθɑɹəɾi]|/əˈθɑɹti/|[əˈθɑɹɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right. uncountable
    — I have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.
  2. Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement. countable,plural,uncountable
    — Authorities say the suspect fled on foot.
  3. A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject. countable
    — the world's foremost authority on orangutans
  4. Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation. uncountable
    — Due to being inadequate for the deductive method of reasoning, the argument from authority is considered a logical fallacy.
  5. Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity. uncountable
    — 'It seems to me,' remarked Mr Carrados, remembering something very similar not long before, 'that whatever anyone wants to do about Shakespeare, it is easy to find authority in his works for doing it.'
  6. A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit. countable
    — New York Port Authority

词形变化

authorities plural authourity alternative authoritie alternative autority alternative auctoritie alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
aileron authority antiauthority appeal to authority authoritah authority control authority figure authority issues authorityless authoritywise certificate authority color of authority combined authority elevator authority enforcement authority local authority moral authority multiauthority port authority postal authority public authority rudder authority signature authority statutory authority tax authority territorial authority unitary authority verbal authority
相关词
author authoritarian authoritative authorization authorize have something on good authority

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti
Proto-Italic *augejō
Proto-Italic *augeō
Latin augeō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin auctor
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin auctōritāsbor.
Old French autoritébor.
Middle English auctorite
English authority
From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auctōritās (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”). For the presence of the h, compare the etymology of author.
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