32:at the mercy of



今天要学的词组是at the mercy of。Mercy这个词是指仁慈,但是at the mercy of... 是指受某人的支配或控制。共和党一位参议院在反驳民主党提出的要求时说,要是将美军从伊拉克撤出,"...we'll leave ...Iraqis at the mercy of al-Qaeda, a terrorist group..." - 我们就会把伊拉克人置于基地恐怖组织的控制下。

 
在别人控制之下生活是很痛苦的 - It's painful to live at the mercy of someone else。例如,那个秘书是否会被解雇, Whether or not the secretary will be fired, she is at the mercy of her boss。你周末想去爬山吗?We are at the mercy of the weather - 这在于天气。今天学的词组是at the mercy of...

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