英 [ɔːˈθɒrəti] 美 [əˈθɔːrəti]
n. 专家，权威人士；行政管理机构；权利，权限；权威，威信；许可，授权；当局，官方
复数authorities
authority /ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ/ CET4 TEM4
复数型名词 The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed. 当局
This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.
这给当局提供了一个取消选举的借口。
可数名词 An authority is an official organization or government department that has the power to make decisions. 官方机构
...the Philadelphia Parking Authority.
…费城停车管理局。
→see alsolocal authority
可数名词 Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it. (某一学科的) 权威人士
He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs.
他被公认为是俄罗斯事务的权威。
不可数名词 Authority is the right to command and control other people. 职权
A family member in a family business has a position of authority and power.
家庭成员在家族企业中都有职有权。
不可数名词 If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say. 威信
He had no natural authority and no capacity for imposing his will on others.
他天生没有威信，也没有将其意志强加于他人的能力。
不可数名词 Authority is official permission to do something. 官方的许可
The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given authority from his own superiors.
监狱长已拒绝释放他，说他必须首先得到上级的许可。
the power or right to give orders or make decisions
he has the authority to issue warrants
同义词： authorization / authorisation / potency / dominance / say-so
(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
an expert whose views are taken as definitive
he is an authority on corporate law
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
she spoke with authority
同义词： assurance / self-assurance / confidence / self-confidence / sureness
an administrative unit of government
同义词： agency / federal agency / government agency / bureau / office
official permission or approval
authority for the program was renewed several times
同义词： authorization / authorisation / sanction
an authoritative written work
this book is the final authority on the life of Milton
权威-引用次数：1846
The superiority mainly manifests for authority and the efficiency.
大调解的优势主要体现为权威性和效率性。
参考来源大调解机制研究（研究生论文）
权力-引用次数：1550
First, request inevitably of authority natural quality.
一是权力自然属性的必然要求。
权限-引用次数：218
权威-引用次数：415
In this system,there are only two resources: human capital and authority.
该系统只有两种资源：人力资本和权威。
参考来源激励措施的困境与出路
授权-引用次数：37
The H. Q. ceased the credit authority to Dalian branch at the beginning of 1998.
总行于1998年初停止了对大连分行贷款的授权。
参考来源三和银行大连分行的外资企业贷款
当局
权限-引用次数：468
参考来源基于Spring+Hibernate的权限管理组件设计与实现—《电脑知识与技术》—2010年第18期—龙源期刊网
身份认证-引用次数：50
IAM which include identify authority and access management is the last threshold of the apply system.
IAM(Identify and Access Management)管理包含身份认证和访问管理,是应用系统的最后一道门槛。
参考来源ERP系统的IAM应用研究
权力
权力-引用次数：164
The folk are the cultural space, which is at the edge of state authority by the latent way.
民间是以潜在的方式在国家权力中心控制范围的边缘区域形成的文化空间。
参考来源呼唤与选择
职权-引用次数：2
管理局
管理机构
权限-引用次数：12
The system adopts redundancy technique and error proof measure: communicating process uses a self-adapting protocol and CRC; master computer software can avoid human-initiated-failure, check data border, limit authority, backup system data and start backup computer by software etc.
本系统采用了冗余技术和容错措施：系统中的通信过程采用了自适应协议和CRC差错检验；上位机软件具有防止人为误操作、数据边界检查、权限限制、系统数据备份和软件实现双机热备用等功能。
参考来源分布式船舶电站自动化系统的研究
权限
权威
英文中作者(author)和权威(authority)是同一个词根，写了一条有意思的评论，互联网出现以后，我这不是说活人写的书一本不要看，当年作者是很神圣的。
职权（Authority）：赋予个人或个人所在职位可以对下属做出最终决定的权利。
...：关注潜在客户是否具有足够的财务实力。如果客户拥有足够的资金，即使没有预算，但从整个贴务运行情况来看，还是有实力拿出这笔钱的。 2.权力( Authority)：关注与你建立关系的这个人是否有实权、是否能够决定项目的支出，你要会谈的人应该对支出有发言权。 3.
... Archean (年代) 太古代的；(地层) 太古界的 authority 当局；权力；主管机构 arching 拱作用 ...
authoritative 有权威的；命令式的；当局的
authoritarian 独裁主义的；权力主义的
authoritatively 权威地；命令式地；可信地
authoritarian 权力主义者；独裁主义者
authoritarianism 独裁主义；权力主义
权威；[法]权力；当局
She had an aura of authority.
她有一种权威气质。
His authority is steadily weakening.
他的权威日趋减弱。
Her speech carried the ring of authority.
她的讲话带着权威的口吻。
It says major parts of the program use authority already provided by Congress, but some pieces require approval.
VOA : special.2009.02.20
Everyone, according to the logic ofAreopagitica everyone has the potential to assume the inner authority of conscience and self-discipline.
按照《论出版自由》的逻辑，每个人都有,用内在良心的统治和自律的潜力。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
He's absorbed the touching authority of Phoebus Apollo, the god of the sun. Milton -- why is that important?
他已经吸收了阿波罗触动他人的权威，那么，弥尔顿，为什么那么重要呢？
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers said the plan appears to place all the responsibility on teachers, but gives them "zero percent authority."
VOA : special.2010.03.18
The new Tennessee Valley Authority built dams,cleared rivers, expanded forests and provided electricity.
VOA : special.2011.03.24
However, the US Supreme Court justices decided 6-3 that he had overstepped his authority.
Check-signing authority is a telltale sign of responsible personhood, unless it is not exercised.
He not only filled back orders, he started giving more authority to shop-floor employees.
authority，英文单词，名词，作名词时意为“权威；权力；当局”。