身不由己用英文怎么說
身不由己的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
body/not/follow/oneself
One can not control his body.
[解釋]
由:聽從。身體不能由自己作主。指行為不能由自己支配。
[Explanation]
be forced to do something
[例子]
父母對(duì)他的要求很嚴(yán),他也是身不由己,晚上不能和你們一起出去玩。
[Example]
He is at the mercy of his parents and cannot go out with you tonight.
[英文等價(jià)詞]
at the mercy of
- After the usher had been given twenty strokes she had to return to kowtow to Xifeng.
"那人身不由己,已拖出去挨了二十大板,還要進(jìn)來叩謝." - He must needs swim that is held up by the chin
身不由己,只得從命 - We were seized by a sudden impulse to run.
我們身不由己突然想跑。 - I was sliding(about)helplessly (on the ice).
我(在冰上)身不由己地滑起來了. - He drifts around on the outskirts of her group for a month
他身不由己地圍著她那一伙同道團(tuán)團(tuán)轉(zhuǎn),一轉(zhuǎn)就是一個(gè)月。 - Still I involuntarily obeyed him, as if I was not quite sure
我還是身不由己地服從了他,好象是我也沒有弄明白似的。