in authority

基本解釋

Would you have one in authority over you scream at you and talk down to you?
你希望有個權(quán)威人事在你之上對你咆哮用高人一等的口氣對你說話嗎？
Yet there was no sign that anyone in authority had ever conducted any sort of investigation.
但是卻找不到當局進行過任何形式的調(diào)查的跡象。
In both cases, somebody taught the child a rule, but the rule against pushing has a stickiness about it, one that resists coming unstuck even if someone in authority countenances it.
在這兩個例子當中，某人教給孩子一條規(guī)定，但是，不準推搡之規(guī)定有一種“粘滯性”，一個人不遵守它也會遭到失敗，即使某位權(quán)威人士支持推搡行為。

Hamas captured control of Gaza from the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in 2007.
So, the authority of the canon that he invokes to defend himself in fact suggests perhaps that he has some doubts? Yes.
因此，那些他用來維護他自己的大炮的權(quán)威,表明了他實際上是有懷疑的。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國小說課程節(jié)選
We no longer appeal, in other words, to the authority of the author as the source of the meaning that we find in the text.
換言之，我們也不會再訴求作者的權(quán)威,把它作為我們在原文中找到的原意。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節(jié)選

One reason is a healthy desire to tweak the noses of people in authority.
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