toothless
常考释义
1.无牙的;无齿的having no teeth
a toothless old man没牙的老头
She gave us a toothless grin.她张开没牙的嘴巴对我们笑了笑。
2.人微言轻的;没有权威的;不起作用的having no power or authority
Where a fort had once overlooked the river now stood a broken gate, gaping open like an old man's toothless mouth.
在曾经是个可以俯瞰河流的城堡的旧址上只有一座破烂的大门,想无齿的老翁一样张开嘴。
I just. . . you. . . take this out on me, be mad at me, but please, just don't hurt Toothless!
我只是……你拿我来出气吧,冲我发火,但是求求你别伤害无牙!
So far, Mr Tsvangirai is believed to have been offered a post as a relatively toothless prime minister.
一直以来,茨万吉拉伊先生被认为被给予了一个相当没有权力的首相职位。
No doubt, that agnostic stance will infuriate some (or confirm the impression that regulators are toothless).
无疑,这种不可知论的立场会惹恼一些人(或坐实监管机构缺乏有效手段的印象)。
"Name and shame" policies like those used in the fight against international tax havens would be one, albeit toothless, possibility.
一种可能性将是类似打击国际避税天堂时使用的“点名羞辱”政策,但它缺乏约束力。
You think I'm gonna stick you with some toothless tranny from the Port Authority?
你以为我会搞个从港务局没牙的变性人给你?。
He said our online reputations might be uncontrollable beasts, but they are toothless ones: they can't really hurt us.
他表示,人们在网上的名声或许是不可控制的猛兽,但它们没有牙齿:它们不可能真正伤害到我们。
This limited power of the courts has led many to argue that the filing of an EIS is a " toothless " requirement.
法院的这种被限制了的权力已经引起了许多人的非议,他们认为提交EIS是“无齿的”要求。
All that's left of this big bird is its toothless lower jaw.
这种大鸟的全部残留部分是它没有长牙齿的下颚。
MARY LONOS digs ten tiny fingers into her mother's plump breast and greedily twists the nipple into her toothless mouth.
玛丽(MaryLonos)把十个细小的手指放在妈妈圆润的乳房上,贪婪地把奶头拽进自己没有牙齿的嘴巴里。
A new constitution has promised to let two-thirds of a toothless advisory council be elected. But the poll has been put off.
虽然新宪法已承诺在并无实权的咨议会中会有三分之二的成员通过选举产生,选民投票却被延迟至今。
Within 10 minutes of entering the store a huge bearded, tattooed and toothless man-mountain bursts through the door.
进到店里不到10分钟,从门外闯进来一个长着大胡子,身上有纹身并且掉了满嘴牙齿的巨人。
If we practice and eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.
如果我们都要以眼还眼、以牙还牙,那这个世界很快就盲眼且无牙。
The cartel's power over oil markets is clearly going through one of its toothless phases.
该卡特尔在石油市场上正经历一个无足轻重的阶段。
His blue eyes still twinkle when he tells a joke, his cowboy boots are worn from wear, and his grin remains toothless.
他讲笑话时他的蓝眼珠里依然有灵光闪现,他的牛仔靴穿得很旧了,他的咧嘴笑的时候还是不露牙齿。
Needless to say, critics have also condemned the report as irrelevant, damaging, or toothless.
不用说,批评者还指责ICB的报告不切题、具有破坏性,或者缺乏效力。
The bills must be reconciled in ways that sharpen the incentives against making toothless admonishments.
协调两院法案时,必须提高激励水平,而不能只进行无力的警告。
In 1784, five years before he became president of the United States, George Washington, 52, was nearly toothless.
在他成为美国总统之前五年的1784年,乔治华盛顿52岁,他已经快要牙齿掉光了。
Old and bent, ashy pale and toothless, he managed with the help of two crutches, to totter into the King's presence.
他人老背驼,面色苍白,牙齿脱落,在两根拐棍的帮助下,蹒跚而行,来到国王的面前。
Slow, toothless or failed regional and bilateral trade agreements may well bring attention back to the multilateral system.
地区性和双边贸易协议进展缓慢,实施不力或最终失败,很可能将人们的注意力重新转向多边体系。
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