时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:英语每日一词


英语课

今天要学的词组是at the mercy of。Mercy这个词是指仁慈,但是at the mercy of... 是指受某人的支配或控制。共和党一位参议院在反驳民主党提出的要求时说,要是将美军从伊拉克撤出,"...we'll leave ...Iraqis at the mercy of al-Qaeda, a terrorist 1 group..." - 我们就会把伊拉克人置于基地恐怖组织的控制下。


在别人控制之下生活是很痛苦的 - It's painful to live at the mercy of someone else。例如,那个秘书是否会被解雇, Whether or not the secretary will be fired, she is at the mercy of her boss。你周末想去爬山吗?We are at the mercy of the weather - 这在于天气。今天学的词组是at the mercy of...



n.恐怖主义者,恐怖分子
  • Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪,我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
  • The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。
学英语单词
adenyltransferases
argumentativeness
benign lymphoreticulosis
biodiversities
biotite (mica)
bleep test
Bol'shenarymskiy Rayon
bone fats
Bou Azzer
Caledon B.
casokefamide
central graphite rod
choc-a-block
circular grinding machine
coal pyrite
concave-convex lens
contrabandists
councilorships
coxless pairs
critical field length
cyclism
desk telephone set
Doochary
electron impact spectroscopy
ergot gangrene
exometamorphism
external device instruction
fabric fuel tank
factor representation
flow print
fuel-flow
fuellize
genetic composition
Giarmata
glory-box
Golan Heights
grates on
gravitational mirage
haptic lens
heat evil
heating and cooling
holomorph(e)
Hoya lancilimba
humblefication
hydroxy
Inns of Chancery
instantise
interpretive simulation
Japanize
Labasheeda
Lamèque
landing pads
lateral pressure test
liquidogenous
logical analysis
low water ordinary springs
lymphoid ascitic fluid
methyl phenyl vinyl silicone rubber
mokadour
n-th difference
neelam
negative-acting resist
neon type spark plug tester
network distribution equipment
new k.s. magnetic steel
nonintoxicants
offset feed type parabolic antenna
one hundred and sixteen
one's true colors
ownerless animal
Pey Ostān
plessigrap
post-soviet
power consumption
pressurizing valve
pulsed ion implantation
railroad tramp
Rana Cates-beina
red currant
restagnated
Romaniots
salicyl salicylic acid,diplosal
Sankt Englmar
scrudge
single-arm spectrometer
six feet under
sneaking suspicion
solid state dosimeter
steering wheel rim
symmetric stress cycle
throw the hooks into
travelling roller cover
turmeric extract
underprovided
vandyking
veracintine
Wagner's hammer
wasted time
wheatstack
wind tunnel
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