authorities

1. N-PLURAL 当局;官方;当权者
   The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
   1. This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections...
      这给当局取消此次选举提供了借口。
   2. The prison authorities have been criticised for not moving more quickly to end the protest by inmates.
      监狱当局因没有尽快采取行动制止犯人抗议而受到批评。
2. See also: ...the Health Education Authority... Any alterations had to meet the approval of the local planning authority. local authority
3. N-UNCOUNT 权力；权限；职权
   Authority is the right to command and control other people.
   1. Local police chiefs should re-emerge as figures of authority and reassurance in their areas...
      各地警察局局长应当重树其维护辖区安定的执法者形象。
   2. The judge had no authority to order a second trial.
      法官无权进行二次审判。
4. N-UNCOUNT 威信
   If someone has authority, they have a quality which makes other people take notice of what they say.
   1. He had no natural authority and no capacity for imposing his will on others.
      他天生缺乏威信，根本没有能力把他的意志强加于人。
5. N-UNCOUNT （官方的正式）许可
   Authority is official permission to do something.
   1. The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given authority from his own superiors.
      监狱长拒绝释放他，说他首先必须得到上级官员的许可。
6. N-COUNT （某一方面的）权威人士，专家
   Someone who is an authority on a particular subject knows a lot about it.
   1. He's universally recognized as an authority on Russian affairs.
      他是公认的俄罗斯事务专家。
7. PHRASE 有可靠的消息来源
   If you say you have it on good authority that something is true, you mean that you believe it is true because you trust the person who told you about it.
   1. I have it on good authority that there's no way this light can cause skin cancer.
      我有来自权威人士的说法，这种光不可能引起皮肤癌。

1. The authorities have abandoned any attempt to distribute food
   当局中止了分发食物的尝试。
2. Local authorities have been responsible for the running of schools in their areas
   地方当局一直负责管理本地区的学校。
3. This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections
   这给当局取消此次选举提供了借口。
4. He was transferred to FBI custody in a smooth co-operative effort between Egyptian and US authorities
   在埃及当局和美国当局的共同努力下他被顺利移交美国联邦调查局进行羁押。
5. The authorities have been asked to set up a commission to investigate the murders.
   当局被敦促成立一个委员会负责调查这些谋杀案。
6. The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.
   市政府称宵禁遏制住了暴力事件。
7. He called on the authorities to stop public disorder
   他呼吁当局制止公众骚乱。
8. The authorities have failed so far to enact a law allowing unrestricted emigration
   到目前为止，当局未能通过允许自由移民的法律。
9. The authorities took especial interest in him because of his trade union work.
   因为他在工会工作，官方对他特别感兴趣。
10. The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.
    官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
11. The authorities refused to extradite him.
    当局拒绝引渡他。
12. The hand of the military authorities can be seen in the entire electoral process
    整个选举过程中都能看出军方的介入。
13. Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement.
    荷兰殖民当局因他参加独立运动而把他关押了起来。
14. U.S. authorities have not yet indicated their monetary policy plans.
    美国当局尚未透露他们的货币政策计划。
15. The health authorities now know how to deal with the disease
    卫生部门现在知道如何对付这种病了。
16. The Afghan authorities say the airport had been closed for more than a year.
    阿富汗当局称，该机场已经关闭一年多了。
17. He killed 12 people before the authorities finally nabbed him
    他杀了12人后才最终被当局抓获。
18. The authorities are obstructing a United Nations investigation.
    当局正在阻挠联合国的调查。
19. The authorities insist that the discussions must not be linked to any other issue
    当局坚持此次讨论不得涉及其他任何问题。
20. Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs
    韦弗先生和他的家人由于其信仰而遭到当局的迫害。
21. The money is used by local authorities to pay for public services.
    那笔资金被地方当局用来支付公共事业的开支。
22. The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
    当局对暴行只是进行了谴责，真是太胆小怕事了。
23. Local public housing authorities disagree with this reading of the law.
    当地的公共住房管理当局不同意对该法律的这种解读。
24. The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities
    危险在于抗命不遵的地方当局将拒绝履行他们的职责。
25. The authorities have said they will attempt to maintain essential services.
    当局已表示他们将努力维持公共基础服务。
26. His company settled with the American authorities by paying a$ 200 million fine.
    他的公司和美国当局达成了和解，同意支付2亿美元的罚款。
27. Magee was set free but British authorities were asked to arrest him on sight.
    马吉被释放了，但是英国当局却被要求一见到他就立即逮捕。
28. They are holding hostages to try to force the authorities into talks on possible amnesties for drugs offences.
    他们扣押了若干人质以胁迫当局就赦免毒品犯罪与他们谈判。
29. Local authorities are likely to refuse to hire facilities to unrecognised martial arts organisations.
    当地的主管机构可能会拒绝向非官方的武术组织出租设备。
30. Some local authorities and voluntary organizations also run workshops for disabled people
    一些当地机构和志愿组织也为残疾人开设了一些工场。

noun

1. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
   1. the government reduced taxes
   2. the matter was referred to higher authorities

   Synonym:    governmentregime