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单词 at the mercy of
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at (also †in) the mercy of
b. at (also †in) the mercy of: wholly in the power of, at the discretion or disposal of; liable to danger or harm from; exposed to the consequences of.In quot. 1819 the has apparently been omitted for metrical reasons.
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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
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 665 (MED) I am Meliors, neiȝh marred, man for þi sake; I meke me in þi merci, for þow me miȝt saue.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 99 Thy lyf is now in my mercy.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 149 Sen he has him jn keping, and at his mercj.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. D1v Shee..Lies at the mercie of his mortall sting. View more context for this quotation
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 832 Floutes: Which you on all estetes will execute, That lie within the mercie of your wit. View more context for this quotation
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xiii. sig. Q5v The Syrians..found themselves at the mercy of their Enemies.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 10 We lay wholly at the mercy of the two unruly Elements, Fire and Water.
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iv. 99 Your Character is at every Body's Mercy.
1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. iii. i. xxiii. 188 The not making a will, is a very culpable omission..where it leaves daughters, or younger children, at the mercy of the oldest son.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xlii. 140 A wreck complete she roll'd, At mercy of the waves, whose mercies are Like human beings during civil war.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. li. 292 Leaving the civil servant at the mercy of a partisan chief.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 571 To say nothing of your being at the tender mercy of others pratically.
1938 R. K. Narayan Dark Room v. 66 All the interviewers had been at his mercy.
1987 Christian Aid News 7 Jan. 2/3 Bagh Nanak Chand is a shoemaker at the mercy of a prosperous merchant.
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