the power to act independently; autonomy; the right of self-determination
1.patent2.franchise3.concession
authority; authoritativeness
1.art of politics2.political tricks (often derog.)3.power play4.to play at politics+1 条+2 条 1.jurisdiction2.judicial authority
authority to dispose of sth
power and position (politics)
to devolve authority to lower levels
plenipotentiary; fully authorized representative
1.military leadership2.military power
scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
1.(math.) to weight2.weighting3.weighted (average, index etc)
1.authorized2.entrusted (with authority)
air supremacy; air superiority
1.to have the right to2.to be entitled to3.to have authority4.powerful+1 条 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
1.to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)2.to surrender territory under humiliating terms
1.temporarily2.for the time being
persons or faction in authority
1.position2.authority3.responsibility
1.authority2.power3.authoritarianism4.authoritarian+1 条 economic rights (e.g. of a state monopoly)
authority over the household
Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吴[wú] in the Three Kingdoms period
1.autocracy2.dictatorship
(finance) to adjust the price, volume etc of a security (typically to account for a stock split or after new shares are issued)