2SCLPOWER#an organization that is toothless has no power to make people obey its rules 〔机构〕无效力的,无约束力的,不起作用的
Does the agency have the power to prosecute companies, or is it a toothless organization?
这家机构有权起诉公司吗,抑或它只是个没有执行力的组织?
Examples from the Corpus
toothless• She gave the poorcreature a kick, then smiled at me with toothlessgums.• Then I saw her toothless gums.• Congress has passed several toothlessgun control laws.• Whenever Paul spoke, it was almost like the story of the toothless man able to eat raresteak.• His grandmother watched, her toothlessmouthagape.• Thereupon a cackling, toothless old maidservant set aside the tray she was carrying and hobbled across to confront him.• a toothless old man• William F.. Weld last year, have put some bite into a previously toothlessrequirement.• However they would have been commonly toothless, since false teeth were a luxury until the nineteenth-century.• An elderly and toothless woman lived in a shamble of newspapers and produce cartons on top of the stairs in the hall.