名 [书]counterpoise，weight ，power，authority；动 [书] （权衡） weigh；副 （权且； 姑且） tentatively，for the time being ；

[例句] 他有权维持法庭判决，批准死刑生效。 He can let the court's decision stand and permit the execution.

[例句] 他们有权进来查表。 They have the right to come in and inspect the meter.

power，authority，influence，might，potence ；

[例句] 很多领导人都变得贪恋权力和金钱。 Many of the leaders have become hooked on power and money.

[例句] 久居此地的居民和根基稳固的家族牢牢掌控着权力。 The old-timers and established families clutched the reins of power.

[律] creditor's rights，obligatory right，right in personam，claim in personam ；

[例句] 谁也不曾把债权放在自己的盈亏总帐上计算过. Nobody dreamed of passing his bill to his profit and loss account.

[例句] 大农场主担心对于他们的土地将面对无根据的债权. Ranchers worry that they will face false claims to their land.

empower，authorize，warrant，accredit，authorization ；

[例句] 我们愿意授权总统在必要的时候使用武力。 We are willing to authorize the president to use force if necessary.

[例句] 比利时人依照国际联盟的授权接管了卢旺达。 The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate.

right，interest，droit，title ；

[例句] 如客户违约, 我行保留权利适用按小时 记费 方式,以每小时275美元起计算. Should client default, we reserve the right to apply our hourly rate at $ 275 & up per hour.

proprietary rights，ownership，title，proprietorship，droit ；

[例句] 纳佳不得不填表放弃其全部财产所有权。 Nadja had to fill out forms surrendering all rights to her property.

[例句] 纳粹时期的征用致使所有权不明确。 Ownership is not clear because of expropriations in the Nazi era.

patent right，patent，monopoly，subject of numerous patents，capital asserts ；

privilege，prerogative，franchise，freedom，liberty；

rights and interests，legal right，inviolable rights ；

[例句] 他一直致力于在教育系统内为美籍拉美人和黑人争取权益。 He was a champion for Latinos and blacks within the educational system.

[例句] 鲍勃一步一步劝说弗里茨卖掉了他的控股权益。 Bit by bit Bob had nudged Fritz into selling his controlling interest.

property right ；

[例句] 你知道什么是知识产权 吗 ? Do you know the intellectual property rights?

[例句] 随着公司向知识产权公司转型，其业务规模显著下降。 There was a significant decline in the size of the business as the company transitioned to an intellectual property company.

authority，authoritativeness，a person of authority，princedom，pundit ；

[例句] 她对权威的仇恨导致她被中学开除。 Her hatred of authority led to her expulsion from high school.

[例句] “我又不是这些方面的权威，”杰茜卡故作轻松地说。 "I'm not an authority on them," Jessica said with forced lightness.

copyright；

[例句] 哥伦比亚影业公司付给他一笔6位数的电影版权费。 Columbia Pictures paid him a six-figure sum for the film rights.

[例句] 他们未经允许使用了受版权保护的音乐。 They used copyrighted music without permission.

judge and weigh，weigh and consider balance，妛eigh，balance，measure ；

[例句] 她在各种选择间权衡斟酌。 She weighed her options.

[例句] 当局斟酌权衡再三才宣布他们的决定。 The authorities took time to pronounce their verdicts.

（放弃权利） abstain from voting，abstention，renunciation，waiver，abstain from ；

[例句] 弃权票数很可能起决定性作用。 The number of abstentions is likely to be crucial.

[例句] 在哥伦比亚，弃权率历来较高。 Abstention is traditionally high in Colombia.

preemption，priority，lien ；

[例句] 单亲父母在申请住房时享有优先权。 Single parents got priority in the housing queue.

[例句] 法国国王提出比西班牙国王享有优先权. The French kings claimed precedence over those of Spain.

weight ；

[例句] 相关科学家对不同模型的结论给予不同的权重。 The scientists involved put different weight on the conclusions of different models.

[例句] 弹簧常数用权重函数代替. The spring constant is replaced by the weighting function.

power and influence，ascendence，ascendency，lordliness，puissance ；

[例句] 上校倚仗权势让他的中士划船划了一路。 The Captain pulled rank and made his sergeant row the entire way.

[例句] 她唯一的目的就是扩大个人权势。 Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement.

authority，power，within the power or right of；

[例句] 他们认定这个问题不在委员会受托权限之内。 The matter, they decided, lay outside the commission's terms of reference.

[例句] 委员会被授予的权限很广。 The commission has been given wide-ranging powers.

political trickery，shifts in politics，intrigue，plot ；

[例句] 他们正试图弄明白整个情形背后的权术争斗。 They're trying to figure out the politics of this whole situation.

[例句] 他对传统政治生活中的权术钻营深恶痛绝。 He hates the wheeling and dealing associated with conventional political life.

function and power，powers of office，authority of office，authority，province ；

[例句] 她本想有一份报酬更高、职权更大的工作。 She would have loved to have a better-paying job with more responsibility.

[例句] 他被控犯有敲诈勒索罪和滥用职权罪。 He has been charged with extortion and abusing his powers.