| 词组 | authority |
| 释义 | authority When authority refers to a person, it is most often followed by on, but several other prepositions are possible: • I'm not an authority on civil rights —Johnny Mathis, quoted in Globe and Mail (Toronto), 18 May 1964 • ... Mr. H. R. Palmer, a high authority on the history of Northern Nigeria —Sir James G. Frazer, Aftermath, 1937 • ... who was an authority upon mushrooms —Eric Partridge, From Sanskrit to Brazil, 1952 • He has attained identification as an authority in a certain vein of knowledge —Paul Horgan, Ladies' Home Jour., January 1971 • Man is the final authority of what he wants —James B. Coulter, quoted in Johns Hopkins Mag., Summer 1971 When authority refers to a cited source, for is usual: • ... one never knows the exact authority for any one statement —Times Literary Supp., 29 May 1969 When it refers to a power or convincing force, several prepositions may be used: • ... the central government had no real authority over the states —Leon H. Canfield & Howard B. Wilder, The Making of Modern America, 1962 • ... local-government units are created by, or on authority of, the state in which they are situated — Frederic A. Ogg & P. Orman Ray, Introduction to American Government, 8th ed., 1945 • ... that formal authority under which ... he was able to record some part of life —John Malcolm Brinnin, New Republic, 17 Nov. 1952 • ... his similar constructions of the 1960's have the authority to mock the avant-garde as conservative —Current Biography, December 1965 • ... is close enough to college to have authority about campus life —Walter Havighurst, Saturday Rev., 13 Feb. 1954 • ... a fantasist's pose of authority on such matters — Theodore Sturgeon, E Pluribus Unicorn, 1953 |
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