名著采撷 ：《傲慢与偏见》系列33

　　Elizabeth was sitting with her mother and sisters, reflecting on what she had heard, and doubting whether she were authorised to mention it.(Chapter 23)

　　伊丽莎白正跟母亲和姐妹坐在一起，回想刚才所听到的那件事，犹豫着是否可以把它告诉大家。

　　词语解析：

　　"She were authorised to mention it."

　　authorise：vt. 意味授权，批准，允许;authorise sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事

　　例句：Mr Stewart was supposed to log in and authorise the bank's electronic payments.

　　据推测，斯图尔特先生登录这台电脑，批准银行的电子付款 。

　　同义词：confirm , commission , grant 等等。大家应该对它的词源 authority：n.权威 非常了解吧。另外一些短语：

　　have authority over (或with ) 对…有权力

　　vest someone with authority 授权某人

　　on good authority 有确实可靠的根据

　　汉译英：

　　1.一些人将之视为授权使用武力的集体;其他人则希望它开始时规模较小，并能够证明自身的意义。

　　Some see it as a body that could authorise the use of force; others want it to start small and prove itself.

　　2.许多选民都误解为提高债务上限是一次批准新开支的投票，而不是同意支付本届和往届国会已经累积下来的账单。

　　Many are under the misapprehension that it is a vote to authorise new spending, not permission to pay the bills that this and earlier Congresses have already run up.

　　3.这是网站面对大量访问的明证——我怀疑老板们是否会注意这一点，并批准进行必要投资，让网站在技术上更稳定。

　　Evidence that the website has been under much scrutiny –I wonder if the bosses will notice this, and authorise the investment needed to make it more technically robust.