高中英语常用词组 at the mercy of


释义：

at the mercy of 在......支配下;受…支配

例句：

We were at the mercy of the weather.

我们受制于天气。



Ordinary people are at the mercy of faceless bureaucrats.

普通人任由千人一面的官僚们摆布。



Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather.

这些建筑物因人为的肆意破坏和日晒雨淋而破败不堪。



They were at the mercy of informers who might at any moment denounce them.

他们完全受那些随时可能告发他们的告密者的支配。



The profession is very much at the mercy of the market place.

这个行业在很大程度上受市场的支配。



You’ll be in charge of paper instead of feeling at the mercy of it!

你会觉得你成了纸张的主宰而不是活于纸张的怜悯之下。



To get the attention of the girl I really wanted to meet, I was kind of at the mercy of the statistics of traditional dating sites.

韦德是离异人士，他说：“要吸引到我心仪的女孩的注意，我在传统的约会网站只能大海捞针。