The small peasant was brought before the mayor, and bidden to say from whence his wealth came.

小农夫被带到镇长面前，他被要求说明他的财富从何而来。

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I was bidden to enter.

我被叫进去。

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Most of the guests bidden to the feast were big names.

应邀赴宴的客人中多半是知名人士。

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They're not bidden to be cast out in to utter darkness where there's weeping and gnashing of teeth.

没有因为无所事事而受惩罚,他们没有被罚去充满哭泣声和牙齿的无尽的黑暗里。

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This month it announced plans to lay off another 120, 000 workers by 2015, having already bidden adieu to some 110, 000 over the past four years (for a total of about 560, 000 now).

ECONOMIST: The Post Office