in the teeth of

常见例句

双语例句

• The euro crisis is forcing Greece, Portugal and Spain to push through huge reforms in the teeth of popular protest.
  欧元危机正在迫使希腊、葡萄牙、西班牙不顾普遍的反对而进行大刀阔斧的改革。
• 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.
  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。
• 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。

原声例句

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

权威例句

• 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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