他们完全受那些随时可能告发他们的告密者的支配。

They were at the mercy of informers who might at any moment denounce them.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

这个行业在很大程度上受市场的支配。

The profession is very much at the mercy of the market place.

youdao

不管怎样，受我支配的祈祷者总是从地铁走向远方。

Anyway, the prayer swayed by me always goes away by subway.

youdao

He started out by observing that all of us, all human beings are governed by two sovereign masters: pain and pleasure.

边沁通过观察得出，所有人类均受两大至高无上的因素所支配：,痛苦与快乐。

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