Nghĩa của từ at the mercy of bằng Tiếng Anh

dependent on the compassion of, dependent on the grace of

Đặt câu với từ "at the mercy of"

1. We're at the mercy of the weather.

2. I was at the mercy of the angels.

3. The enemy were at the mercy of us.

4. We were at the mercy of the weather.

5. You aren't simply at the mercy of restaurateurs.

6. You are at the mercy of the man upstairs.

7. Ordinary people are at the mercy of faceless bureaucrats.

8. His life was at the mercy of the king.

9. We are at the mercy of our own detachment.

10. No industrialist liked to put himself at the mercy of creditors.

11. Ten miles straight up, at the mercy of bears, leopards and tigers.

12. But like Jim, she soon found herself at the mercy of events.

13. I'm not going to put myself at the mercy of the bank.

14. After the boat's motor failed, they were at the mercy of the weather.

15. We will always be at the mercy of their wild and unpredictable nature.

16. Now, Little Bill... ... you will leave me at the mercy of my enemies.

17. Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather.

18. He was at the mercy of the ebb and flow of public opinion.

19. Once again Oliver is separated from his friends and left at the mercy of strangers.

20. 18 Their innermost secrets had been at the mercy of the West for a year.

21. The vessels were tossed hither and thither at the mercy of the winds and waves.

22. 🔊 The people happily embraced democracy after being at the mercy of a heartless Autocrat

23. At the mercy of wild animals and insects and snakes and goodness knows what horrors!

24. Like all grassland creatures, they are at the mercy of these unpredictable, but ultimately bountiful lands.

25. With that relationship gone, they are at the mercy of more laws and more political meddling.

26. I'm here to lay myself at the mercy of this court... and suggest an alternative punishment.

27. Lily was humanity bound to duty, unable to choose, suffering, at the mercy of social ideals.

28. At the mercy of this resentment, this hateful millstone envy of the Calibans of this world.

29. People who need a place to live can often find themselves at the mercy of local property sharks.

30. He says you're at the mercy of the elements and you just go where the weather takes you.

31. 21 An older historiographical tradition depicted Louis as an impulsive weakling, at the mercy of his overbearing wife.

32. In this country we can count our blessings that our children are not constantly at the mercy of these diseases.

33. You would be at the mercy of the hall's acoustics and ideally you would need to practise a bit beforehand.

34. That has left the impression that trade policy is at the mercy of adhoc decision-making by a variety of officials.

35. Britain faced the prospect of a winter without food and without energy, at the mercy of powerful unions and ineffective employers.

36. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them. Oscar Wilde 

37. Borders symbolize a nation’s anxiety about the world, and as political leaders regulate the lines on the map, there will always be human stories at the mercy of those choices.

38. For that reason alone I say “Blogger stinks, and anybody who places him/herself at the mercy of Blogger Bowdlerizers will eventually get what he/she accepted by signing onto Blogger in the first place

39. She wondered what the Government was doing to address a situation in which poor women were at the mercy of back-street abortionists and 50 per cent of gynaecological beds were occupied by victims of illegal abortions.

40. The defeat of Antiochus the Great at Magnesia, 190 B.C., placed Asia Minor at the mercy of Rome; but it was not until 133 that the first Roman province, Asia, was formed to include only western Anatolia, without Bithynia.

41. Every man lives at the mercy of his inner self - his character - that is the master of his destiny. A positive character gives birth to a good destiny, while a negative character produces a bad destiny. Dr T.P.Chia 

42. An Amercement is a financial penalty in English law, common during the Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers.The term is of Anglo-Norman origin (Law French, from French, from Latin), and literally means "being at the mercy of": a-merce-ment (English mercy is cognate).

43. The noun "Amercement" lately derives from the verb to amerce, thus: the King amerces his subject, who offended some law.The term is of Anglo-Norman origin ( Law French, from French, from Latin), and literally means "being at the mercy of": a-merce-ment (English mercy is

44. The British were taken aback by the surprise attack so much that they even left the radio station Penang in running condition , which was used by Mohan Singh and the great Sikh leader Piara Singh to explain to the Indian community how selfish the British were in managing their own escape , leaving the Indian population at the mercy of the Japanese .

45. Amerce (v.) "punishment by arbitrary or discretionary fine," 1215, earlier amercy, Anglo-French amercier "to fine," from merci "mercy, grace" (see mercy).The legal phrase estre a merci "to be at the mercy of" (a tribunal, etc.) was corrupted to estre amercié in an example of how an adverbial phrase in legalese can become a verb (compare abandon).

46. An Amercement is a financial penalty in English law, common during the Middle Ages, imposed either by the court or by peers.The noun "Amercement" lately derives from the verb to Amerce, thus: the King Amerces his subject, who offended some law.The term is of Anglo-Norman origin (Law French, from French, from Latin), and literally means "being at the mercy of": a-merce-ment (English mercy is