1. 完全受⋯⋯支配, 任由⋯⋯擺布。leave to the tender mercies of ( 任由⋯⋯擺布, 使吃⋯⋯的苦頭) , 如: He was left to the tender mercies of the landlord. ( 他大受地主的虐待) 。What a mercy that...( 幸好/ 幸虧⋯⋯) , 如:What a mercy ( 或It is a mercy) that you did not go!( 幸虧你沒去! )

2. 在命運的急流中漂泊。current n. ①水流, 氣流, 電流, 如: a cold current ( 寒流) ; the Japan current ( 日本海流, 黑潮) ; an alternating / a direct current ( 交/ 直流電) ; current of air ( 氣流) 。②思潮, 潮流, 趨勢, 傾向, 如: the great current of events ( 天下大勢) ; current of time / the times ( 時勢, 時代潮流) ; go with the current of the times ( 順應(yīng)時代潮流) 。

3. trait n. 個性特征, 如: a new trait ( 新品質(zhì), 新特點) 。