英语词汇“in the teeth of”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	in the teeth of
释义	in the teeth of phrase If you do something in the teeth of a difficulty or danger, you do it in spite of the difficulty or danger. I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale. In the teeth of the longest recession since the 1930s, the company continues to performwell. See full dictionary entry for tooth in the teeth of in British English in direct opposition to; against in the teeth of violent criticism he went ahead with his plan See full dictionary entry for teeth in the teeth of in American English 1. directly against; in the face of 2. in opposition to; defying See full dictionary entry for teeth Examples of 'in the teeth of' in a sentence in the teeth of She didn't like it so well when she and her mother had to go up to the Castle in the teeth of the wind. Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2002) Baxter pulled down his hatbrim and set his companion a sharpish pace in the teeth of a rising gale. Moore, Margaret FORESTS OF THE NIGHT (2002) Quoyle, in the teeth of trouble, saw a stouthearted older woman. Annie Proulx THE SHIPPING NEWS (2002)
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in the teeth of