这两天一直在刮大风，搞得人灰头土脸睁不开眼，这一下就打击了大家出门儿拜访客户的热情......
老板一看这架势哪儿行啊，就开始给大家打鸡血：
Though tired, but you should set off in the teeth of the wind.
虽然疲惫，但我知道你们都会迎难而上、逆风飞翔的！
听了老板这话顿时满脑袋黑线......
要不说他能当老板呢，全凭着这口才啊，这句话其实本意就是"虽然很累，但我知道你会顶着风出发的。"但是人家一语双关，巧妙地借用了
in the teeth of...
这个短语的含义，把一件平常的事儿说得热血沸腾一般~这下大家明白了吧，
in the teeth of...
就是带有“不顾危险、迎难而上或激流勇进”的含义，千万别理解成是“在什么什么的牙齿里”就成了。
in the teeth of something
违抗；不顾；迎难而上；激流勇进；逆水行舟；风口浪尖
【En】
In spite of opposition or danger from something.
不顾反对或危险。
If you do something in the teeth of a difficulty or danger, you do it in spite of the difficulty or danger.
如果你在困难或危险中做某事，意思是尽管有困难或危险，还是要做。
If something happens or is done in the teeth of difficulties, the difficulties cause problems but do not stop it.
如果在困难的关头发生或做了某事，困难会引起问题，但并没有阻止问题的发生。
● Permission for the development was granted in the teeth of opposition from local shopkeepers.
不顾当地店主的反对，还是批准了开发项目。
● I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale.
我顶着十级大风在散步道上奋力前进。
● In the teeth of the longest recession since the 1930s, the company continues to perform well.
在20世纪30年代以来持续时间最长的经济衰退中，该公司继续表现良好。
【Scenario Example 场景示例】
● Some people still believe vaccinations to be harmful in the teeth of thousands of scientific studies proving otherwise.
一些人仍然相信疫苗是有害的，尽管成千上万的科学研究却证明并非如此。
● In the teeth of the boss's disapproval, we decided to go forward with the project anyway.
我们不顾老板的反对，决定不管怎样继续进行这项工程。
● The plane turned into the teeth of a horrible storm.
飞机遇上了一场可怕的暴风雨。
● It's hard to be an optimist in the teeth of so much tragedy and turmoil in the news each day.
面对每天铺天盖地的悲剧和混乱的新闻，要做一个乐观主义者是很困难的。
● She stuck to her position in the teeth of criticism by the board members.
她不顾董事会成员的批评，坚持自己的立场。
● The tribe was in the teeth of starvation.
这个部落正处于饥饿的边缘。
● The road was built in the teeth of fierce opposition from the public.
这条道路是在公众的强烈反对下修建起来的。
● The sailing boat could make little progress in the teeth of the wind.
帆船顶风几乎不能前进。
● The ship was headed in the teeth of the gale.
船顶着狂风前行。
● in the teeth of violent criticism he went ahead with his plan.
他不顾猛烈的批评继续执行他的计划。
● Walking in the teeth of the wind, they made slow progress.
他们逆风而行，走得很慢。
● The new policy was adopted in the teeth of fierce criticism.
那项新政策尽管受到强烈抨击却硬是采用了。
● 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.
当她和母亲顶着寒风不得不回到城堡时，她不太喜欢这样的生活。
● Japan has been in the teeth of the storm of international trade frictions in recent years.
近年来，日本一直处于国际贸易摩擦的风口浪尖之上。
● How to win an argument in the teeth of opposition from the rightwing press?
如何在右翼媒体的反对声中赢得一场辩论？
● He is determined to maintain his support for the proposal in the teeth of popular condemnation.
他不顾众人谴责，决心继续支持这项建议。
● I simply do not have the manpower to make arrests in the teeth of such concerted action.
我根本没有足够的人手在这种协同行动的情况下进行逮捕。
● Science has to cling to the available evidence even in the teeth of seeming contradiction.
科学必须坚持现有的证据，即使看起来自相矛盾。
● On stormy nights it had been exhilarating to fly in the teeth of the wind.
在风雨交加的夜晚，逆风飞翔是令人愉快的。
● Permission for the development was granted in the teeth of opposition from a vigorous local campaign.
不顾当地一场声势浩大的运动的反对，开发项目还是获得了批准。
● The state is in the teeth of the worst snowstorm in a decade.
该州正面临着十年以来最严重的暴风雪。
● He walked right in the road in the teeth of advancing traffic and almost got hit several times.
他不顾来往车辆的阻拦径直走在马路上，好几次差点被撞到。
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