have teeth

POWER 效力 SCLPOWERif a law or an organization has teeth, it has the power to force people to obey it 〔法律或组织〕具有效力，有力度

We need an Environment Agency that really has teeth.

我们需要一个强有力的环境保护机构。

Examples from the Corpus

have teeth• It is important that it should also have teeth.• What can have teeth, of course, even if it is concealed by a friendly smile, is aid.• Because after the Anna Climbie case, the social services wanted to show it does have teeth.• Critics of the law say it has no teeth and will not prevent violent crime.• Frankly, I'd rather have teeth extracted than sit through either again.• Is it only a paper tiger, or does it really have teeth?• The episode illustrates beyond doubt that the majority voting rules of the Treaty of Rome have teeth.• The movement will have teeth to back its arguments.

→ have teeth at tooth(1)

单词	have teeth
释义	have teeth have teeth POWER 效力 SCLPOWERif a law or an organization has teeth, it has the power to force people to obey it 〔法律或组织〕具有效力，有力度 We need an Environment Agency that really has teeth. 我们需要一个强有力的环境保护机构。 Examples from the Corpus have teeth• It is important that it should also have teeth.• What can have teeth, of course, even if it is concealed by a friendly smile, is aid.• Because after the Anna Climbie case, the social services wanted to show it does have teeth.• Critics of the law say it has no teeth and will not prevent violent crime.• Frankly, I'd rather have teeth extracted than sit through either again.• Is it only a paper tiger, or does it really have teeth?• The episode illustrates beyond doubt that the majority voting rules of the Treaty of Rome have teeth.• The movement will have teeth to back its arguments. → have teeth at tooth(1)
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