authorized /'ɒ:θәraizd/

Now the nation's top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago.

现在，这个国家最高级别的专利法院似乎已完全准备削减商业方法专利，这类专利自十年前首次被授权以来就一直存在争议。

There is just one path for a lawyer in most American states: a four-year undergraduate degree in some unrelated subject, then a three-year law degree at one of 200 law schools authorized by the American Bar Association and an expensive preparation for the bar exam.

在大多数美国州，律师的职业路径只有一条：先攻读四年制的与法律无关的本科专业，然后在获得美国律师协会授权的200所法学院之一攻读三年制的法律学位，接着还要花费高昂的费用准备律师资格考试。

check suspects' phone contents without being authorized.

未经授权检查嫌疑人的手机内容。

Without additional protections in place, companies may share (and potentially monetize) personal health information in a way consumers may not have authorized or anticipated.

如果没有额外的保护措施，公司可能会以消费者未授权或未预料到的方式共享（甚至可能变现）个人健康信息。