作者:城市网 来源:城市网学院 更新日期：2013-1-20
迷你对话：
A: I heard that Ann had divorced.
我听说Ann离婚了。
B:I suspect it's unavoidable.
我料想这是不可避免的。
A: Poor Ann. She did not love her husband at all.
可怜的Ann。她根本就不爱她的丈夫。
B: Yeah. She married him at her mother's bidding.
是啊。她是遵照母命才和他结婚的。
词海拾贝：
at one's bidding 照……的意旨，尊……之命
Eg. We went there at his bidding.
我们照他的吩咐去那里。
Eg. I only invited the boy on holiday at your bidding.
我是按你的吩咐才请孩子来度假的。
Eg. At his father's bidding he wrote to his lawyer.
他遵照父亲的吩咐给律师写信。
Eg. We joined the club at his bidding.
我们在他邀请下参加了这个俱乐部。
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