英语俚语习语小对话第42期: "遵命照旨"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

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at one's bidding

英语情景对话：

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。

英语学习笔记：

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。