汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 身不由己
身不由己
without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary / not of one's own volition / in spite of oneself
由 obey / The body cannot be controlled by itself
身体不能由自己做主。指行动不能由自己支配。
shēn bù/bú yóu
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

对不起宝贝,人在江湖,身不由己

I'm sorry baby, people in the arena and beyond our control.

停止应当停止与行动未始之前,才不会失当,不会身不由己

Stop should be stopped and action never before, will not be improper, not involuntarily.

他们会说:“人在江湖,身不由己”,意思就是说他们有他们自己游戏的规则。

They will say, "business is business," meaning they play the game by their own rules.

我的过错你能够原谅吗?我真的身不由己啊,希望你谅解?

My fault you can forgive? I really involuntarily ah, I hope you understand?

很快我们最初的心就要被岁月蹉跎,很快我们就可以体会到身不由己的无可奈何。

Soon our initial heart will be wasted time, soon we can feel helpless involuntarily.

那仅有的几次身不由己的麻木,只一盏茶工夫,便让内心的纯善扭曲生疼得想哭。

That only a few in spite of numbness, only a we can only distort the Health inner pain cry.

因为由于环境和压力,他的这份能力身不由己地被引入了歪门邪道,人先变得坚强后懂得道德。

Since his capacity to do is forced into channels of evil through environment and pressures, man is strong before he is moral.

很想把你从我的记忆中抹去,却总是身不由己地想起你:在梦中的每时每刻,在醒时的分分秒秒。

Want to erase you from my memory, but always involuntarily to remind you: in the dream of every moment, in the wake of every minute.