听命于人 meaning in Chinese
be at sb.'s service; be at sb.'s beck and call; dance to [after] one's pipe [whistle]: 为什么我该听命于你? why should i dance to your pipe
Examples
- But i don ' t set policy , and i still take orders
可我不能制定政策,我也得听命于人 - I ain ' t co - opted like you . i got things to say . - relax , harvey
-我不像你要听命于人。我有话要说。 -别激动, harvey 。 - But there was something in the latter s expression that warned back the magistrate , although a man not readily obeying the vague intimations that pass from one spirit to another
但是,牧师的表情中有一种推拒之意,令这位达官不敢上前,尽管他并不是那种乐于听命于人与人之间心息相通的隐约暗示的人。