英語口語練習小對話 第42期:遵命照旨

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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裏。

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。

特別說明：該節目中的迷你對話選自《脫口說英語》之口語習語大全，講解部分爲恆星編輯原創。