authoritative

Word family (noun) authority authorization authoritarian authoritarianism (adjective) authoritarian authoritative authorized ≠ unauthorized (verb) authorize (adverb) authoritatively

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishauthoritativeau‧thor‧i‧ta‧tive /ɔːˈθɒrətətɪv, ə- $ ɒːˈθɑːrəteɪtɪv, əˈθɔː-/ AWL adjective 1 BELIEVEan authoritative book, account etc is respected because the person who wrote it knows a lot about the subject the most authoritative work on English surnames2 CONFIDENTbehaving or speaking in a confident determined way that makes people respect and obey you He has a commanding presence and an authoritative voice. —authoritatively adverbExamples from the Corpusauthoritative• The results provide the most authoritative and conclusive evidence to date of some enduring inequities in participation in such facilities.• an authoritative biography of Theodore Roosevelt• An authoritative energy-labelling system will assist them to do that.• A clear, authoritative statement of the new doctrine evolving is yet to be announced.• Not very imaginative, it amounted to a genuflection to Papini and his authoritative views.• Bagehot's work continued to be regarded as an authoritative work long after the Constitution had undergone fundamental change.

单词	authoritative
释义	authoritative Word family (noun) authority authorization authoritarian authoritarianism (adjective) authoritarian authoritative authorized ≠ unauthorized (verb) authorize (adverb) authoritatively From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishauthoritativeau‧thor‧i‧ta‧tive /ɔːˈθɒrətətɪv, ə- $ ɒːˈθɑːrəteɪtɪv, əˈθɔː-/ ●○○ AWL adjective 1 BELIEVEan authoritative book, account etc is respected because the person who wrote it knows a lot about the subject the most authoritative work on English surnames2 CONFIDENTbehaving or speaking in a confident determined way that makes people respect and obey you He has a commanding presence and an authoritative voice. —authoritatively adverbExamples from the Corpusauthoritative• The results provide the most authoritative and conclusive evidence to date of some enduring inequities in participation in such facilities.• an authoritative biography of Theodore Roosevelt• An authoritative energy-labelling system will assist them to do that.• A clear, authoritative statement of the new doctrine evolving is yet to be announced.• Not very imaginative, it amounted to a genuflection to Papini and his authoritative views.• Bagehot's work continued to be regarded as an authoritative work long after the Constitution had undergone fundamental change.
随便看	make a name for yourself make a noise about make a nonsense of make a pact make a pass at make a pass at somebody make a pig's ear of make a pigs ear of make a pig’s ear of something make a pile make a pilgrimage on a pilgrimage make a pilgrimage on pilgrimage make a pilgrimage/go on (a) pilgrimage make a pit stop make a pitch make a pitch for make a play for make a play for make a play for somebody make a play for something make a plea make a pledge make a point of doing make a point of doing something make a poor job of doing