Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.

许多人更喜欢熟悉的权威人物而不喜欢自命不凡的年轻新贵。

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You are an authority figure, and you must remain thus!

你是(家庭中的)权威人物，你得保持如此。

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Most sat around, waiting for instructions from an authority figure.

当时大多数人围坐在一起等着一个权威人物下达命令。

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"He is the figure of authority that we have to deal with.

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In terms of why universities need Muslim chaplains, when I was at NYU as an undergrad, we had no central authority to figure.

就大学为什么需要穆斯林教士而言，当我还是纽约大学的学生时，我们没有一个核心领导。

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Children want to please adults, and if an adult tells them something is good for them, especially if an authority figure tells them, they are extremely unlikely to disagree.

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Disagreeing with an authority figure on a major issue.

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How much easier the contest would be if some widely watched, widely respected authority figure offered his public judgment on the faces in the photographs, telling readers whom he deemed the prettiest.

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