| 词汇 | toothless |
| 释义 | toothless adjective uk /ˈtuːθ.ləs/ us /ˈtuːθ.ləs/ toothlessadjective (NO TEETH)having no teeth: 没牙的 an ugly toothless old hag没牙的丑陋女巫 The teeth baby tooth buck-toothed cementum centric cingulum coronal erupt hydroxyapatite interdental labially lingually mesially milk tooth molar pulp cavity pulpal rictus snaggle-toothed snaggled wisdom tooth toothlessadjective (NO POWER)used to describe an organization or a rule that has no power: 没有约束力的；没有权力的 This well-intentioned but toothless law will do nothing to improve the situation.这项用意良好但没有约束力的法律对改善局势没有什么作用。 Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakily shakiness shaky sitting duck sitting target weak-willed weakling weakly weakness weedy Examples of toothlesstoothless Nonetheless, the slow development of its powers, coming on top of earlier progress, means that we can no longer dismiss it as a toothless body. He has become a comfort to the short, toothless lady, who does not of course usually receive much attention. An old industry becomes artifact and lies there like a toothless monster of the past. Nevertheless, even toothless regulations can exert some moral suasion and influence both practices and demand. The condition might seem toothless if it did not constrain the range of these agents. Certain self-styled defenders of working people want to emasculate the directive, and to render it toothless. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English My views provoked constructive debate in committee, resulting in a compromise that was well thought through, and anything but toothless. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The pact for the euro may possibly be toothless. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Unfortunately many of the world's international forums are quite toothless. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Any company business plan would be toothless if it did not do this and identify the sources of funding. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He should have fallen in love with a toothless old woman. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Every regulation will remain a toothless tiger unless it contains effective and stricter controls and, above all, efficient criminal sanctions. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Even the recent teachers' strike is toothless without responsive state institutions. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English At any rate, it has already become a toothless tiger. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Without these changes the legislation will be toothless. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of toothless These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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