ONE PHRASE, IN CONTEXT

at the mercy of

受制于；任凭……摆布

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受制于；任凭……摆布

IN A SENTENCE

Without a backup generator, the clinic was at the mercy of every power outage in the region.
没有备用发电机，诊所就只能任由当地每次停电影响。

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