迷你對話:
A: I heard that Ann had divorced.
我聽說Ann離婚了。
B:I suspect it's unavoidable.
我料想這是不可避免的。
A: Poor Ann. She did not love her husband at all.
可憐的Ann。她根本就不愛她的丈夫。
B: Yeah. She married him at her mother's bidding.
是啊。她是遵照母命才和他結婚的。
詞海拾貝:
at one's bidding 照......的意旨,尊......之命
Eg. We went there at his bidding.
我們照他的吩咐去那里。
Eg. I only invited the boy on holiday at your bidding.
我是按你的吩咐才請孩子來度假的。
Eg. At his father's bidding he wrote to his lawyer.
他遵照父親的吩咐給律師寫信.
Eg. We joined the club at his bidding.
我們在他邀請下參加了這個俱樂部。
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