be an authority

基本解釋

So I do not claim to be an authority.
所以我竝不宣稱自己是權(quán)威人士。
He fancied himself to be an authority.
他自認爲是一個權(quán)威。
And as authorities, the outbound links they choose to make carry that much more value (you don't get to be an authority in your field by randomly linking out to irrelevant, junk sites).
而作爲權(quán)威網(wǎng)站，在選擇網(wǎng)站作爲自己的導(dǎo)出鏈接時，也會選擇更有價值的（如果你想成爲業(yè)界權(quán)威網(wǎng)站，就不能隨隨便便鏈接到不相關(guān)的垃圾網(wǎng)站上）。

That is to say, if something causes literature, there must be some sort of authority behind it and therefore we find ourselves asking, "What is an author?"
即是說，如果文學(xué)有緣由的，它的背後一定存在作者,所以我們會問，“作者是誰？“
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
The great Milton can be invoked here because he has already been established as an authority.
偉大的彌爾頓在這裡之所以被引用,是因爲他已經(jīng)確立了他的權(quán)威。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
It's a question rather of how we know the author to be there, firstly, and secondly, whether or not in attempting we should appeal to the authority of an author.
首先我們?nèi)绾沃雷髡咴谀莾海浯?，決定文本意義的時候,如果作者衹是一種功能。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

Becoming a thought leader is regularly the most effective way to be recognized as an authority in your field.
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