toothless

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

In the course of beatings, the guards broke all his teeth, leaving him toothless for four years.
他在被打的過(guò)程中，守衛(wèi)打碎了他所有的牙，他的牙齒四年來(lái)都沒(méi)有長(zhǎng)出來(lái)。
TOOTHLESS and turbaned, the porters who loiter at Wagah, on the Indian side of the only border crossing by road with Pakistan, are a frustrated lot.
在瓦嘎（目前是印巴之間惟一開(kāi)放的陸路邊境），很多牙齒掉光、戴著頭巾的搬運(yùn)工四処徘徊，他們是失意的一群人。
Opponents of this approach complain that unless the targets are internationally binding, and there is a compliance mechanism to enforce them, any global agreement will be toothless.
反對(duì)這種做法的人們指出，除非這些目標(biāo)具有國(guó)際約束力，且執(zhí)行起來(lái)有章可循，否則任何全球協(xié)議都將失去威信。

Here is part of that poem: The bone tasted of nothing and smelled of nothing, A scalded toothless harp, uncrushed,unstrung.

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You use toothless to describe a person or their smile when they have no teeth.
If you describe something such as an official group or a law as toothless, you mean it has no real power and is not effective.