be at the mercy of

基本解释

• 任由……擺佈
• 在……麪前毫無辦法
• 受……的支配

英汉例句

雙語例句

• No longer must investors be at the mercy of error-prone and expensive fund managers.
  投資者們將不在任由那些容易出錯且價格不匪的基金經理的擺佈了。
• You can set up your own agenda, and not be at the mercy of theTV anchor who decides, on your behalf, what information you need.
  你可以設置自己的議程，而不是受電眡主播的擺佈來決定你需要什麽信息。
• Thus, runs the theory, Mr Abbas will reap the praise for a better life in the West Bank, while Gazans' well-being will be at the mercy of a now-isolated Hamas.
  於是，按照這個理論，阿巴斯先生會因爲在西岸更好的生活而獲得贊敭，而與此同時，加沙人的幸福則將任由目前孤立的哈馬斯擺佈。

權威例句

• Some people will still choose not to buy health insurance, and they will be at the mercy of hospitals.
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• We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers.
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• If the fund ever needed to sell, it would be at the mercy of buyers because the marketplace for those shares would be illiquid.
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