Erkek kardeşim felsefe üzerine bir otoritedir.
- My brother's an authority on philosophy.
Ağabeyim felsefesi üzerine bir otoritedir.
- My elder brother is an authority on philosophy.
Tom'un hiçbir yetkisi yok.
- Tom has no authority.
Bunu yapacak yetkiye sahibim.
- I have the authority to do this.
O, alanında bir uzmandır.
- He's an authority in his field.
Tom, cazda bir uzmandır.
- Tom is an authority on jazz.
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.
He lost his credibility because he betrayed a friend.
- Er verlor seine Glaubwürdigkeit, weil er einen Freund verriet.