at the mercy of
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- (俗语) 任凭...处置的,对...束手无策的
- 1897年 12月(标示为1898年), Winston Churchill, 章号 1, 出自 The Celebrity: An Episode, 纽约: The Macmillan Company;伦敦:Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
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- The ball game is scheduled for Saturday, but we're still at the mercy of the weather.
- 球赛定在周六,但是还是得看天气。