The curator is a recognized authority on Bronze Age pottery, and museums across the continent consult her published catalogues.
这位策展人是青铜时代陶器方面公认的权威，整个大陆的博物馆都会查阅她出版的图录。
Historian Elena Cruz argues that the printing press was the single most important technological cause of the Reformation, since it allowed reformist ideas to spread faster than church authorities could suppress them.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
- It was built by East German authorities to stop the mass emigration of citizens to the West.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
- It fell in November 1989 after East German authorities announced relaxed travel restrictions.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “authority”?
D — Power or right. “authority” means power or right.
Which word means “power or right”?
C — authority. “authority” means power or right.
authority — power or right. In Chinese: 权威，权力.
authority is pronounced /əˈθɔːrəti/.
The curator is a recognized authority on Bronze Age pottery, and museums across the continent consult her published catalogues. (这位策展人是青铜时代陶器方面公认的权威，整个大陆的博物馆都会查阅她出版的图录。)
jurisdiction, command, expertise — all close in meaning to authority (power or right).
Yes. authority is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
author(writer)+ity(noun)