Human values do not depend on, and are not derived from, any external authority.

普世价值不依赖，也非产生于，任何外在权威。

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More loosely, the term is used to refer to any external and unchallenged source of authority.

在更宽泛的意义上，该术语被用来指任何外部的、未受挑战的权威。

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Any society needs authority. The internal and external natures of laws determine that the modern society needs the authority of laws.

任何社会都需要权威，法律的内外品性决定了现代社会需要树立的是法律的权威。

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What with the different external tariffs, and the lack of any single authority empowered to negotiate for the group as a whole, those proposed collective free-trade agreements with other countries will obviously take a long time to conclude.

ECONOMIST: Free trade in South-East Asia