俚语学习38： beck and call随时待命

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beck and call寓意甚多，一般可译为“随时待命，唯命是从，俯首帖耳”等：

to make oneself immediately available on the request of another person

应另一个人的要求立即使自己随时待命

being completely available to someone when needed

在需要的时候完全可以被某人利用

to immediately respond when called upon by a particular person

在某人要求时立即作出反应

ready to perform tasks for someone immediately it is demanded

随时准备为某人执行任务

to be entirely subservient to someone; to be responsive to someone’s slightest request

“完全屈从于某人；对某人哪怕是一点点的要求都会作出回应”，相当于汉语里的“随叫随到；唯命是从；任其使唤；任其摆布；俯首帖耳；随时待命”

经典例句：

The servants at the palace are at the beck and call of the king and the entire royal family.

皇宫里的仆人听命于国王和整个皇室。

He regularly slips out of the White House to buy a burger, despite having a cordon bleu chef at his beck and call.

尽管拥有顶级厨师随时待命，但他经常会溜出白宫去买汉堡。

With his personal assistant at his beck and call, Adam was able to get a lot of work done in the office today.

有随时待命的私人助理，亚当今天可以在办公室完成许多工作。

My brother is always at my father’s beck and call.
我兄弟总是对我父亲唯命是从。

Don’t expect to have me at your beck and call.

休想随意摆布我。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

I knew he was trying to wheedle me into being at his beck and call.

我知道这是他拉拢我，好让我俯首帖耳地为他效劳。

No matter what time of day it is, she is always at his beck and call.

不管一天中的什么时候，她总是听候他的吩咐。

Whatever you need, I’ll be on your beck and call to provide them.

不管你需要什么，我都会按你的吩咐去做。

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I’m not at your beck and call, you know.

你要知道，我是不会听你指使的。

He wanted us both at his beck and call.

他要我们两个随叫随到。