下周就要考四六级咯。我从 2023 年 12 月的六级真题中挑选了几个好用的表达，很适合在写作的时候使用。
at the mercy of
The increasing digitisation of our society means that everything from paying a gas bill to plotting a route to a fiiend's house and even making a phone call is at the mercy of your internet connection.
译文：社会的日益数字化意味着从支付燃气费到规划去朋友家的路线，甚至是打电话，都依赖于互联网连接。
at the mercy of
mercy 意思是「仁慈，宽恕」，与 humanity 类似。但词组 at the mercy of sth 却是「任凭某事物摆布」，无力保护自己。这年仅有的两篇阅读都出现了这个短语。现在我们来看另一篇。
Thereafter, we are at the mercy of a battle between our base impulses for self-fulfillment and social and cultural norms which prohibit pure indulgence.
此后，我们只能在「自我实现的基本冲动」与「禁止完全放纵的社会文化规范」之间挣扎。
▍动动笔
这个短语我们可以怎么应用到作文中？通过上面这两个例子，我们可以联想自己在生活中容易受到哪些事情的限制。举颗栗子，网络游戏成瘾是很多青少年面临的严峻问题。摆脱不了游戏的瘾，就只能受其控制，浪费韶华。好，我们一起写出这个句子。
Many young people find themselves at the mercy of online gaming addiction, losing countless hours and missing out on real-life opportunities.
许多年轻人发现自己沉迷于网络游戏，不仅白白浪费了无数时间，也错过了现实生活中的很多机会。
by way of
The fact that she's still the second most-followed woman on Instagram suggests it's entirely possible to maintain a significant web profile to promote various projects—by way of a dedicated team—without being exposed to the cruel comments, hate mail and rape or death threats.
tap into
There are now many computer, online, and mobile device applications that claim to be able to "train your brain,” and they typically tap into a variety of cognitive abilities.
译文：现在有很多计算机应用程序、在线应用和移动设备应用都宣称能够「训练你的大脑」，而且通常涉及各种认知能力的练习。
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