脫口說英語口語生活習(xí)語大全O-16：over a barrel 受制于人

A:It is obvious that their goverment is nursing the hope of having all other countries over a barrel and bring them completely under their control.

A:很顯然，他們的政府是存心想在經(jīng)濟(jì)上支配其他的國家并把其他所有的國家完全置于他們的控制之下。

B:It's typical of them to do so.

B：他們最愛這么干了。

A:What can we do then?

A:我們能做些什么呢?

B:We must keep developing our economy and unite with other developing countries to fight against it.

B：我們必須發(fā)展自己的經(jīng)濟(jì)并和其他國家聯(lián)合起來一起抵制這種趨勢(shì)。