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Until laws adopted in Brussels are enacted in national law and properly enforced, they remain paper tigers, entirely without teeth.直到布鲁塞尔通过的法律在国内法中生效并得到有效实施之前，它们完全就是没牙的纸老虎。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 28.10.2010
Fifty years of defense dependence on the US has created a powerful “peace industry” in Europe whose primary business is to fight defense spending tooth and nail.防务五十年来一直依赖美国，在欧洲形成了强大的“和平产业”，其主要业务就是竭尽全力与国防开支作斗争。© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011http://www.project-syndicate.org/ 23.12.2010
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armed to the teeth
武装到牙齿
root of tooth
齿根
a tooth for a tooth
以牙还牙
false tooth
假牙
tooth pitch
齿距
Word forms
tooth
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | tooth | teeth |
| Possessive case | tooth's | *teeth's |