in the teeth of

基本解释

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。

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