the powers that be and variants: the authorities; the people exercising political or social control.
| 单词 | θ177933 |
| 释义 | society > authority > [noun] > those in authority (138) the powers that be1526 the powers that be and variants: the authorities; the people exercising political or social control. superiority1542 The superior or ruling class; those in authority. Obsolete. rare. authority?1553 As a mass or count noun: a person or (esp.) body having political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere; the body or bodies… they1939 People in authority, regarded as impersonal and oppressive. vlast1980 In Russia and formerly in the Soviet Union: power, esp. political power. Also concrete in collective plural, those in authority; the government… Subcategories:— person or body (1) — persons occupying seat of authority (1) — person in authority (131) |
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