Authority - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

Occupation of a position of dominant power or influence.

Примеры использования:

The ascendancy of good over evil

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Примеры использования:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Примеры использования:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

noun

A heavy blow with the hand or a hard object.

Примеры использования:

A clout round the ear

verb

Short for clout nail.

noun

Power and influence over other people or events

Примеры использования:

The small firms banded together so they would have more clout in washington.

verb

Give an authoritative or peremptory order.

Примеры использования:

A gruff voice commanded us to enter

noun

An authoritative order.

Примеры использования:

He obeyed her commands without question

verb

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Примеры использования:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Примеры использования:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

noun

The quality of being trusted and believed in.

Примеры использования:

The very public loss of credibility led to the demise of the magazine as a prestigious publication

noun

The fact that someone can be believed or trusted

Примеры использования:

His arrest for lewd behaviour seriously damaged his credibility as a religious leader., he complain…

noun

Power and influence over others.

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The worldwide dominance of hollywood

noun

The exercise of power or influence over someone or something, or the state of being so controlled.

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The imperial domination of india

noun

The state of having control over people or a situation

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Her domination of the tennis world is undisputed.

noun

Sovereignty or control.

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Man's attempt to establish dominion over nature

noun

Control over a country or people, or the land that belongs to a ruler

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[ u ] the collapse of spain’s empire prepared the way for britain’s dominion over the seas.

noun

Fame or acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere.

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Her eminence in cinematography

noun

The state of being famous and important

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His eminence as a lawyer

noun

Respect and admiration.

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He was held in high esteem by colleagues

verb

Respect and admire.

Примеры использования:

Many of these qualities are esteemed by managers

noun

Respect for or a high opinion of someone

Примеры использования:

We held them in high/low esteem (= we respected them a lot/very little).

noun

Seriousness and importance of manner, causing feelings of respect and trust in others

Примеры использования:

He's an effective enough politician but somehow he lacks the statesmanlike gravitas of a world lead…

verb

Take and keep a firm hold of; grasp tightly.

Примеры использования:

His knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel

noun

A firm hold; a tight grasp.

Примеры использования:

His arm was held in a vice-like grip

verb

Hold fast or firmly

verb

Grasp, carry, or support with one's hands.

Примеры использования:

She was holding a brown leather suitcase

noun

An act or manner of grasping something; a grip.

Примеры использования:

He caught hold of her arm

noun

A large compartment or space in the lower part of a ship or aircraft in which cargo is stowed.

Примеры использования:

Oversized baggage is placed in the hold of the plane

noun

A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art.

Примеры использования:

Her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art

verb

Make a representation of the external form of.

Примеры использования:

Artworks which imaged women's bodies

noun

An idea, esp. a mental picture, of what something or someone is like

Примеры использования:

I had an image of texas in my head that was totally different from how it really is., he’s trying t…

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Примеры использования:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Примеры использования:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

noun

The official power to make legal decisions and judgements.

Примеры использования:

The english court had no jurisdiction over the defendants

noun

The official authority to make (esp. legal) decisions and judgments

Примеры использования:

The supreme court ruled that the us government had no jurisdiction over crimes committed on indian …

noun

The authority that a particular court of law or official organization has to make laws, rules, or legal decisions

Примеры использования:

A law passed in 2006 sought to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction to consider the detainees' …

noun

Praise and honour received for an achievement.

Примеры использования:

She was looking for kudos rather than profit

noun

Praise, admiration, and fame received for an achievement

Примеры использования:

Women’s organizations have been getting kudos for their service activities.

noun

The exertion of force by means of a lever.

Примеры использования:

My spade hit something solid that wouldn't respond to leverage

verb

Use borrowed capital for (an investment), expecting the profits made to be greater than the interest payable.

Примеры использования:

Without clear legal title to their assets, they own property that cannot be leveraged as collateral…

noun

The power to influence results

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Financial/political leverage, the us has very little leverage in that part of the world., they can …

noun

Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity.

Примеры использования:

She played with some mastery

noun

Great skill in a particular job or activity

Примеры использования:

Louis armstrong’s mastery of the trumpet is legendary., only a singer of fitzgerald's mastery could…

noun

Complete control of something

Примеры использования:

Her mastery of the situation

noun

A band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body.

Примеры использования:

The calf muscle

verb

Move (an object) in a particular direction by using one's physical strength.

Примеры использования:

They were muscling baggage into the hold of the plane

noun

A mass of tissue in the body, often attached to bones, that can tighten and relax to produce movement

Примеры использования:

[ u ] republicans are flexing some political muscle., [ t ] starks muscled his way to the basket., …

noun

The officials in an organization or government department, considered as a group.

Примеры использования:

His many encounters with officialdom and bureaucracy

noun

Used to refer to people who have a position of authority, especially in a government, usually when they are preventing you from doing what you want to do, or are slow or not effective

Примеры использования:

They accused regulatory officialdom of hampering their business by imposing too many petty conditio…

noun

A person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department.

Примеры использования:

A union official

adjective

Relating to an authority or public body and its activities and responsibilities.

Примеры использования:

The prime minister's official engagements

noun

A person who has a position of responsibility in an organization

Примеры использования:

A senior official, an official announcement, the name of the new director will be officially announ…

abbreviation

Page.

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See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Примеры использования:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Примеры использования:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

Примеры использования:

The distress call had given the ship's position

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

Примеры использования:

He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

noun

The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way.

Примеры использования:

The power of speech

verb

Supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy.

Примеры использования:

The car is powered by a fuel-injected 3.0-litre engine

noun

The ability or right to control people and events, or to influence the way people act or think in important ways

Примеры использования:

The election results showed that the democrats had lost power, with republicans taking over five mo…

noun

Widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality.

Примеры использования:

The firm has recently gained considerable prestige

noun

Respect and admiration given to someone or something, usually because of a reputation for high quality, success, or social influence

Примеры использования:

No one would go into this sort of work for the prestige., a prestigious school

noun

Respect or admiration that is given to someone or something, usually because of the reputation that they have for high quality, success, or social influence

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The company has gained international prestige in recent years., the prestige of working for a top w…

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Примеры использования:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Примеры использования:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

noun

A position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.

Примеры использования:

An army officer of high rank

verb

Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.

Примеры использования:

Students ranked the samples in order of preference

adjective

(of vegetation) growing too thickly and coarsely.

Примеры использования:

Clumps of rank grass

noun

The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.

Примеры использования:

His reputation was tarnished by allegations of bribery

noun

One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity.

Примеры использования:

The rules of cricket

verb

Short for australian rules.

noun

An accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do

Примеры использования:

The company's chief executive failed to enforce federal workplace rules., if you broke the rule, yo…

noun

Supreme power or authority.

Примеры использования:

The sovereignty of parliament

noun

The power or authority to rule

noun

Position, status, or reputation.

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Their standing in the community

adjective

(of a jump or a start in a running race) performed from rest or an upright position, without a run-up or the use of starting blocks.

Примеры использования:

I took a standing jump

verb

Have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet.

Примеры использования:

Lionel stood in the doorway

noun

A place on a railway line where trains regularly stop so that passengers can get on or off.

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We walked back to the station and caught the train back to brussels

verb

Short for stations of the cross.

noun

A building or buildings and the surrounding area where a particular service or activity takes place

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A train/bus station, a gas station, a police/fire station, at our house in the mountains we only ge…

noun

A person's natural height.

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A man of short stature

noun

Relative social or professional position; standing.

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An improvement in the status of women

noun

The state of being superior.

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An attempt to establish superiority over others

noun

The state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status.

Примеры использования:

The supremacy of the king

noun

The highest authority or greatest power

Примеры использования:

He approved the supremacy of a strong federal government over the demands of states.

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Примеры использования:

He swayed slightly on his feet

noun

A rhythmical movement from side to side.

Примеры использования:

The easy sway of her hips

verb

Move back and forth

noun

Each of a set of hard, bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing.

Примеры использования:

He clenched his teeth

plural noun

Pl of tooth

Примеры использования:

This committee can make recommendations but it has no real teeth to enforce them.

noun

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

Примеры использования:

He was at least fifteen stone in weight

verb

Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.

Примеры использования:

A mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers