身不由己的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
body/not/follow/oneself
One can not control his body.

[解釋]
由:聽從。身體不能由自己作主。指行為不能由自己支配。

[Explanation]
be forced to do something

[例子]
父母對他的要求很嚴,他也是身不由己,晚上不能和你們一起出去玩。

[Example]
He is at the mercy of his parents and cannot go out with you tonight.

[英文等價詞]
at the mercy of

參考例句:
  • After the usher had been given twenty strokes she had to return to kowtow to Xifeng.
    "那人身不由己,已拖出去挨了二十大板,還要進來叩謝."
  • He must needs swim that is held up by the chin
    身不由己,只得從命
  • We were seized by a sudden impulse to run.
    我們身不由己突然想跑。
  • I was sliding(about)helplessly (on the ice).
    我(在冰上)身不由己地滑起來了.
  • He drifts around on the outskirts of her group for a month
    他身不由己地圍著她那一伙同道團團轉(zhuǎn),一轉(zhuǎn)就是一個月。
  • Still I involuntarily obeyed him, as if I was not quite sure
    我還是身不由己地服從了他,好象是我也沒有弄明白似的。

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