任人摆布 meaning in Chinese
be at the mercy of; allow oneself to be ordered about; be left to the tender mercies of others; be placing oneself unreservedly in sb.'s power; be shoved about by others; disposed of by others
Examples
- I was to keep ever before them the picture of a bright, passive, good-humored, receptive mass .
我准备在他们面前把群众描绘成一群乐天派，温顺善良，任人摆布。 - At tehran the british were dealt out some three hundred years of western european leadership in history ended .
英国人在德黑兰只好任人摆布；西欧在历史中三百年左右的领导地位业已结束。 - " i will not be lorded over , " she said to her husband
"我是不会任人摆布的, "她对她丈夫说。 - I am not a cricket in a box . i alone determine my destiny
我可不是盒子里的蟋蟀，任人摆布，只有我自己才能决定我的命运。 - He lived from first to last like a god : one who acts but is not acted upon
从生到死，他活得像一尊神：他掌控着一切，而不任人摆布。