He is in a position of unchallenged authority.

他拥有绝对的权威。

《牛津词典》

After the war, the army made an attempt to assert its authority in the south of the country.

战后，军队试图在该国南部显示其权威。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Faust, in the spirit of the moment, said, "By the authority vested in me, let's cut and serve the cake."

浮士德在这个激动人心的时刻说：“以既定在我身上的权威的名义，让我们切开并端上这个蛋糕吧。”

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Hamas captured control of Gaza from the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in 2007.

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So, the authority of the canon that he invokes to defend himself in fact suggests perhaps that he has some doubts? Yes.

因此，那些他用来维护他自己的大炮的权威,表明了他实际上是有怀疑的。

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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.

换言之，我们也不会再诉求作者的权威,把它作为我们在原文中找到的原意。

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However, as cases like that of Cardinal Sean Brady in Ireland prove, many of those now in the positions of authority in the church are the very same who stood by, or worse still, colluded in the cover-up of abuse.

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The survey found that 95% of people in the local authority area of Hart were in good health and they tended to have incomes 40% above the national average.

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These appointments follow earlier actions by the SEC to rein in the authority of the PCAOB after the Free Enterprise Fund v.

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