迷你对话：

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。

词海拾贝：

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。

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