迷你對(duì)話：
A: I heard that Ann had divorced.
我聽(tīng)說(shuō)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(ài)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(jié)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(qǐng)孩子來(lái)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(xiě)信.
Eg. We joined the club at his bidding.
我們?cè)谒?qǐng)下參加了這個(gè)俱樂(lè)部。