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  • have something on good authority
    have ascertained something from a reliable source (据可靠来源)确认
英语四级真题
  • His solution was to learn something from the rebels it was fighting: decentralising authority to self-organising teams.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Decentralisation of authority was also found to be more effective in military operations.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.
    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • Blandon, the boat’s owner, has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, the state-run news agency said.
    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • Much of the criticism is directed at the British Airports Authority, which runs seven major airports, including the three main ones serving in London.
    出自-2016年6月听力原文
  • The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility.
    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • Why did the Federal Aviation Authority require the black boxes be painted orange or yellow
    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • Each critic in those examples is charging, in a different way, that someone in authority is intentionally being incurious.
    2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • his solution was to learn something from the rebels it was fighting: decentralising authority to self-organising teams.
    2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • Much of the criticism is directed at the British airports Authority, which runs seven major airports, including the three main ones serving in London.
    2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
  • The British airports Authority, recently bought by a Spanish company, says the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure, but a lack of runway and terminal capacity, which it's addressing through a programme of heavy investment.
    2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
  • The Competition Commission is now to investigate whether the British airports Authority needs to sell off some of its assets.
    2016年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
英语六级真题
  • They try to develop their skills through close supervision and organized activities, and teach children to question authority figures and navigate elite institutions.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • It gave a third party the authority to label its products as environmentally friendly.
    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration ( ' , FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.
    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • The second rule is don't raise the stakes by challenging her authority.
    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • Talk with the local authorities
    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • The German authorities are sending investigators to discover the cause of the plane crash late yesterday on the island of Tenerife.
    出自-2010年6月听力原文
  • But what was really important about that was the universities stand out as places that really are about the authority of ideas.
    2017年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
英汉词典释义
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. the power or right to give orders or make decisions;
    "he has the authority to issue warrants""deputies are given authorization to make arrests"
    2. (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others;
    "the authorities have issued a curfew"
    3. an expert whose views are taken as definitive;
    "he is an authority on corporate law"
    4. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
    "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular""after that failure he lost his confidence""she spoke with authority"
    5. an administrative unit of government;
    "the Central Intelligence Agency""the Census Bureau""Office of Management and Budget""Tennessee Valley Authority"
    6. official permission or approval;
    "authority for the program was renewed several times"
    7. an authoritative written work;
    "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton"
行业词典
  • 法律: 委托的权限;授权;