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He became an authority, really one could say the authority on virtually everything.

他成为权威，一位真正可说是，几乎所有事物的权威。

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For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes.

因为他教训他们，正像有权柄的人，不像他们的文士。

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One of the country's best know information technology tycoons, has taken charge of the Unique Identification Authority of India, which will implement the project.

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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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The emphasis on the individual is just another way of saying, again unlike Aristotle, that no one has natural authority over anyone else.

个体的重点在于,与亚里士多德所说不同，没有人拥有高于他人的自然权威。

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And a more fundamental question - what will be the point of all the councillors in one local authority assembling in one place for a meeting any more when the real decisions on services are being made at a higher level?

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But according to Pakistan's constitution, the government is the only one with authority to file treason charges against Musharraf.

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Clackmannanshire Council had strongly opposed the plans on the grounds that it would leave the local authority as the only one in Scotland not to have a Sheriff Court within its administrative area.

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