Erkek kardeşim felsefe üzerine bir otoritedir.
- My brother's an authority on philosophy.
Tom konu hakkında bir otorite.
- Tom is an authority on the subject.
Tom'un hiçbir yetkisi yok.
- Tom has no authority.
Onun hem yetkisi hem de yeteneği var.
- He has got both authority and ability.
Tom, alanında bir uzmandır.
- Tom is an authority in his field.
O, alanında bir uzmandır.
- He's an authority in his field.
Tom konu hakkında bir otorite.
- Tom is an authority on the subject.
His credibility is so low that, if he says something is green, the chance that it is not is almost a certainty.
- Seine Glaubwürdigkeit ist so gering, dass er sagen kann, etwas sei grün, und die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass es das nicht ist, nahezu Gewissheit ist.
The lack of credibility of a married writer’s recommendation to remain unmarried is the weak point of the book.
- Der Schwachpunkt des Buches ist die mangelnde Glaubwürdigkeit der Empfehlung zur Ehelosigkeit seitens eines verheirateten Autors.