英语释义

1. one of the hard bony appendages that are borne on the jaws or in many of the lower vertebrates on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx and serve especially for the prehension and mastication of food and as weapons of offense and defense

2. any of various usually hard and sharp processes especially about the mouth of an invertebrate

3. a projection resembling or suggesting the tooth of an animal in shape, arrangement, or action
a saw tooth : such as

4. any of the regular projections on the circumference or sometimes the face of a wheel that engage with corresponding projections on another wheel especially to transmit force cog

5. a small sharp-pointed marginal lobe or process on a plant

6. effective means of enforcement
drug laws with teeth

7. something that injures, tortures, devours, or destroys
jealousy with rankling tooth
— Thomas Gray

8. taste, liking

9. a roughness of surface produced by mechanical or artificial means

10. in or into direct contact or collision with
sailing in the teeth of a hurricane
— Current Biography

11. in direct opposition to
rule had … been imposed by conquest in the teeth of obstinate resistance
— A. J. Toynbee

12. fully, completely
armed to the teeth

13. one of the hard white objects inside the mouth that are used for biting and chewing

14. a sharp or pointed object that sticks out of something and is part of a row of similar objects

15. the power that makes something effective

16. one of the hard bony structures set in sockets on the jaws of most vertebrates and used especially to chew and bite

17. something like or suggesting an animal's tooth in shape, arrangement, or action
the teeth of a comb

18. one of the projections around the rim of a wheel that fit between the projections on another part causing the other part to move as the wheel turns

19. any of the hard bony appendages that are borne on the jaws and serve especially for the prehension and mastication of food — see milk tooth, permanent tooth

片语

in the teeth of winter寒冬腊月

flew in the teeth of悍然不顾

fly in the teeth of go against

同义词： fly in the face of

flown in the teeth of悍然不顾

in spite of尽管；不管，不顾

in the teeth of competition竞争对抗中

versus对，对抗；与……相对，与……相比

英汉例句

• michael dukakis, a former governor, tried to fix health care 20 years ago, but the law he pushed through the legislature eventually came undone in the teeth of business opposition.

  前州长迈克·杜卡齐斯（michaeldukakis）二十年前曾试图改革医疗体制，但在他推动下通过立法机关的法律最终不顾企业反对被撤销。

• the new policy was adopted in the teeth of fierce criticism.

  新政策尽管受到强烈的批评，但还是被采用了。

• if the capture vessels had to leave in the teeth of a hurricane, there would be a system for injecting dispersants into any oil that spilled out of the risers. that should lessen its impact.

  尽管遭遇飓风时，集油轮必须撤离，这样的话，将动用一套能将分散剂注入从立管中涌出的原油的系统，便能减轻飓风带来的影响。

• for these reasons, emerging economies must often raise interest rates in the teeth of a slowdown in an effort to defend their currencies.

  正因为如此，新兴经济体必须经常冒着经济发展减速的危险去提高利率，以防止其货币贬值。

• yet companies like tepco have still struggled to build new plants in the teeth of local opposition, mr scalise says.

  斯卡里塞说：即便在当地反对派的公然反对下，像东京电力公司一样的公司仍然竭力[color=#0000ff]建设新核电站。

• the persistence of telephone-number bonuses banker in the teeth of the sharpest contraction for decades has dragged their reputation even deeper into the mud.

  尽管遭遇数十年来最严重的经济衰退，银行业者依然得到如电话号码般长的奖金，这使他们的名声更加不堪。

• and even in the teeth of today’s economic woes, at least as many americans seem to think that what ails them is too much government, not too little.

  即使在这次经济的灾难中，至少有和开国先贤一样多的人认为问题是在政府太大，而不是政府太小。

• but in the teeth of widespread opposition, particularly from congress, the administration’s plans have been gradually shelved.

  但是各界人士普遍反对，特别是国会，政府的计划逐渐被搁置。

• conclusion teeth extraction will not cause postoperative infection if they can not be retained in the teeth of normal blood downlink, and the analgesic effect is significant.

  结论对于不能保留的牙齿在血常规正常的情况下行患牙拔除不会引起术后感染，且止痛效果显着。

• though tired, he set off in the teeth of the storm.

  他虽然疲惫不堪，还是冒着暴风雨出发了。

• so are railroads, which enjoyed a 10.5 percent rise in rates last year even in the teeth of the recession, according to the sol report.

  铁路运输业是如此。据sol报道，甚至在面临衰退的时刻，铁路运输还有10.5%的增长。

• some of these businesses are growing in the teeth of recession.

  部分公司在经济衰退中艰难成长。

• the consortium, which beat out a rival bid from barclays, a british bank, has had to raise record amounts of money in the teeth of a credit crisis.

  三家联盟成功地击败了竞标对手英国巴克莱银行(barclays), 但它们需要在信贷危机中筹集创纪录的资金.

• some important reforms have certainly been made, in the teeth of protests and demonstrations.

  毫无疑问，为以防反对派和游行者嚼舌根，希腊已进行一定的改革。

• march 25, 2003. caught in the teeth of a sandstorm, troops from the 1st marine division rest, as their truck stops on the road north to baghdad.

  2003年3月25日。第1水师不顾沙尘暴，坐着他们的在路北部的卡车从补给站到巴格达。

• the step-load testing of the zpl—350 trochoidal-gear reducer shows that the fatigue rupture of the trochoidal gears takes place in the teeth of wheels.

  通过对zpl—350变长线齿轮减速器逐级加载试验表明：疲劳折断发生在大齿轮上。

• if the capture vessels had to leave in the teeth of a hurricane, there would be a system for injecting dispersants into any oil that spilled out of the risers.

  如果捕获船必须躲避飓风，则会有一个系统给流出立管的所有原油注入化油剂。

• here mr zapatero threw caution to the winds in his first term, drawing up a new statute for the catalans and negotiating with eta, the violent basque separatist group, in the teeth of pp opposition.

  萨帕特罗在其上一个任期内面对人民党的反对，不顾一切地为加泰罗尼亚地区颁布了新的条例以及与埃塔（一个支持巴斯克独立的暴力组织）进行磋商。

• it was able to list on the stockmarket in the teeth of a financial gale only because it actually has a business.

  在金融风暴中能够在股票市场上市是因为它是一门货真价实的生意。

• in the teeth of furious opposition from operators, the european commission is close to imposing wholesale and retail price-caps on roaming calls.

  欧洲委员会不顾运营商的强烈反对，行将对漫游电话施行批量和零售价格上限。

• new buildings are going up even in the teeth of recession.

  即便在萧条盛行时期，仍有新建筑拔地而起。

• they are in any case sceptical that spain can meet its targets for cutting the deficit in the teeth of a recession that is harsher than expected.

  他们怀疑西班牙能否面对超出想象的经济衰退，达成削减赤字的目标。

• the ship could scarcely hold its course in the teeth of the wind.

  正对风头，那船几乎保持不住航向。

• that, however, raised hackles about shifting the burden to poorer people just as the state was cutting back on benefits in the teeth of a recession.

  但是此法将可能会把税负转移给穷人，而且现在经济衰退州已经在削减穷人福利。

• cadbury demerged its schweppes drinks business, but shareholders were unsettled by the time it took. it was completed in may 2008, in the teeth of the rising financial-market storm.

  吉百利还分离了它的百利饮料业务，但是拆分的时间过长，令股东们烦躁不安，拆分最终在2008年5月完成，正处于上升的金融风暴的风口浪尖。

• even if loose monetary policy can ensure recovery in the teeth of fiscal consolidation, the treasury's spending plans may simply not be feasible.

  即使宽松货币政策能确保财政巩固下的经济复苏，但财政部仅有削减计划并不可行。