B2 [ U ] the moral or legal right or ability to control威信;权力;管辖权
C1 [ C ] a group of people with official responsibility for a particular area of activity当局;官方;当权者
the group of people with official legal power to make decisions or make people obey the laws in a particular area, such as the police or a local government department官方;当局
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A good teacher has an easy authority over a class.
Our new administrator seems to be trying to stamp her authority on every aspect of the department.
The prime minister succeeded in surviving the challenge to his authority.
He has no respect for authority whatsoever.
Children challenge their parents' authority far more nowadays than they did in the past.
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