英语词汇“at mercy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. Law in later use. at (also occasionally †in) mercy: that is absolutely in the power of, or at the disposal of, a victor or superior; liable to punishment or hurt at the hands of another; on sufferance, liable to interference. Now rare.

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society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > in or to a person's power

under (also beneath) the foot (or feet) ofeOE

at (also in) the mercy ofa1375

in (also at) (a person's) reverence1596

in a person's lurch1607

at (also occasionally in) mercya1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. iv. 306 That..He may..hold our liues in mercy.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. xi. 7 What good Condition can a Treatie finde I'th'part that is at mercy ?

a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 121 Lord Capel, Sir George Lucas, and Sir George Lisle, who were prisoners at mercy upon the rendring of Colchester.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xvi. §183 My Life, 'tis true, as forfeit, is at Mercy, but not my Wife's and Children's.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 347 A connivance, such as that the Jews lived under, by which they were still at mercy.

1728 J. Swift Short View State Ireland 11 The Linnen of the North a Trade casual corrupted and at Mercy.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. xxxv. 357 The inhabitants of a town exert all their efforts in defending the remparts,..because when those are taken the town lies at mercy.

1839 E. A. Poe William Wilson in Gift 1840 (Philadelphia) 253 In a few seconds I forced him..against the wainscoting, and thus, getting him at mercy, plunged my sword..repeatedly through and through his bosom.

1996 Times 18 Jan. 36/6 The plaintiff, or his advisers, had failed to comply with the date prescribed by the rules and was therefore at mercy.

单词	at mercy
释义	> as lemmas at (also occasionally †in) mercy d. Law in later use. at (also occasionally †in) mercy: that is absolutely in the power of, or at the disposal of, a victor or superior; liable to punishment or hurt at the hands of another; on sufferance, liable to interference. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > in or to a person's power under (also beneath) the foot (or feet) ofeOE at (also in) the mercy ofa1375 in (also at) (a person's) reverence1596 in a person's lurch1607 at (also occasionally in) mercya1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. iv. 306 That..He may..hold our liues in mercy. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. xi. 7 What good Condition can a Treatie finde I'th'part that is at mercy ? View more context for this quotation a1671 T. Fairfax Short Mem. (1699) 121 Lord Capel, Sir George Lucas, and Sir George Lisle, who were prisoners at mercy upon the rendring of Colchester. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xvi. §183 My Life, 'tis true, as forfeit, is at Mercy, but not my Wife's and Children's. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 347 A connivance, such as that the Jews lived under, by which they were still at mercy. 1728 J. Swift Short View State Ireland 11 The Linnen of the North a Trade casual corrupted and at Mercy. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. xxxv. 357 The inhabitants of a town exert all their efforts in defending the remparts,..because when those are taken the town lies at mercy. 1839 E. A. Poe William Wilson in Gift 1840 (Philadelphia) 253 In a few seconds I forced him..against the wainscoting, and thus, getting him at mercy, plunged my sword..repeatedly through and through his bosom. 1996 Times 18 Jan. 36/6 The plaintiff, or his advisers, had failed to comply with the date prescribed by the rules and was therefore at mercy. extracted from mercyn.int. < as lemmas
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