in the teeth of

常见例句

雙語例句

• The euro crisis is forcing Greece, Portugal and Spain to push through huge reforms in the teeth of popular protest.
  歐元危機正在迫使希臘、葡萄牙、西班牙不顧普遍的反對而進行大刀濶斧的改革。
• 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.
  薩帕特羅在其上一個任期內麪對人民黨的反對，不顧一切地爲加泰羅尼亞地區頒佈了新的條例以及與埃塔（一個支持巴斯尅獨立的暴力組織）進行磋商。
• In the teeth of furious opposition from operators, the European Commission is close to imposing wholesale and retail price-caps on roaming calls.
  歐洲委員會不顧運營商的強烈反對，行將對漫遊電話施行批量和零售價格上限。

原聲例句

• The use of fluoride to protect teeth is common in many parts of the world.

權威例句

• Both Britain and France abolished the death penalty in the teeth of strong popular opposition.
  ECONOMIST: Timothy McVeigh’s execution
• Yet when he pushed through the necessary legislation, it was in the teeth of fierce Social Democratic opposition.
  ECONOMIST: The Swedish model
• Mr Bush supported immigration reform in the teeth of opposition from congressional Republicans.
  ECONOMIST: Evangelical voters
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