A：I heard that Ann had divorced.
我聽說Ann離婚了。
B：I suspect it's unavoidable.
我料想這是不可避免的。
A：Poor Ann. She did not love her husband at all.
可憐的Ann。她根本就不愛她的丈夫。
B：Yeah. She married him at her mother's bidding.
是啊。她是遵照母命才和他結(jié)婚的。
注釋:
at one's bidding 照......的意旨，尊......之命
Eg. We went there at his bidding.
我們照他的吩咐去那里。