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。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Who has the authority to say to anyone aside from "This is a good idea."

谁能有指挥他人的权威呢？,人们只能说说这些，像“这是个好主意“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

She may not use God's name in a false oath, to attest to or swear by a false oath. She is to honor God's Sabbath day, and honor parental authority, which is arguably an extension of God's authority.

她不可以以上帝的名义宣假誓,她应该敬重上帝的安息日，敬重父母亲的,权威，尽管人们对它是否是上帝权威的延伸是有争议的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

There really can't be a challenge to them from the state itself.

绝对统治者不会允许在国内,有任何对于他们权威的挑战

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

I think that,generally speaking -and Bob Shiller can speak to this with a lot more authority than I can this bubble was not something that should have surprised people.

我想,总的来说,希勒来讲这个话题,比我有权威的多,次贷泡沫,不是突然的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

States stand to one another on the world stage as individuals do in the condition of nature; that is to say, potential enemies with no higher authority by which to adjudicate their conflicts.

国家相对于世界的关系,就好比人相对于自然的关系;,也就是说,在冲突面前不会有更高的权威,来裁定谁对谁错，只能弱肉强食。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Even if we locate a source of some kind of genuine strength, authoritative strength, it's still usually possible, as it is for Satan, to argue that that power is really at base just the concealed product of custom or what we would think of as cultural construction.

有时即使我们找到了一种真实的，权威的力量，还是有可能像撒旦所辩解的那样，这种力量其实只是,约定俗成的规矩教条的隐秘产物,或者如我们所想来自文化建构。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In the beginning of the century where religious leaders, just because religious leaders had authority and where given control by the British.

在20世纪开始的时候，宗教领导，正是因为宗教领导有,权威，受到英国的控制。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选