At the mercy of:to not be able to protect yourself from something or someone that you cannot control: (任由…摆布、由…支配)
例句:We don’t want to be saying one of our reps is underperforming at the moment, only to find out that so is everyone in the business at the moment. That could be very unfair, especially on the reps abroad, who are at the mercy of the supply situation too.{ 例句出处:《剑桥BEC高级真题集第三辑:P121》}
翻译:我们不想因为某一个销售代表的表现不好,就去查证公司所有人此时都这样。这样做非常不公平,特别是针对那些目前在国外受供应商支配的销售代表来说。
更多例句: 1、The entire movie business is at the mercy of teenage moviegoers. 2、Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and bad weather.
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