It was clear that the clerk had gone beyond his duty in doing so without authority.

很显然，这位工作人员未经许可就这样做是超越他的职责范围的。

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Responsibility without authority.

没有权力的职责。

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Hidden in the Net is the mystery of the Invisible Hand — control without authority.

暗藏在网络之中的是神秘的看不见的手——一种没有权威存在的控制。

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"Meeting together,the two leaders, the Palestinian Authority and Prime Minister Netanyahu, meeting together urgently,directly, without pre-conditions, I think is the best way to move forward."

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That is to say, when one can scarcely say the word "author" without thinking "authority," and one can definitely never say the word "authority" without thinking about the police.

意思就是说，当一个人说到“作者“,而想不到“权威“，或者一个人,在没想到警察的时候绝对不会想起“权威“这个字眼。

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He could not punish me now without risking his authority.

否则他无法惩罚我。

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But if there is a deprivation of liberty without authority, there is nothing to challenge.

BBC: UK

He wiretapped citizens without authority, secretly permitted the use of torture and dismissed prosecutors on political grounds.

ECONOMIST: The 44th president

"The president is basically announcing amnesty without authority from Congress, " he said.

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