But mediators have no teeth, and a child could simplyignore their pleas.這句話的字面意思我知道，是“但是調停者沒有牙齒，而小孩子呢，可能也不把他們的請求放在心上?！钡腥酥肋@句話的出處嗎？或者背景。多謝了。

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Check out Text D of the year's TEM-8 (Test for English Majors | Band 8) below: "。。。 Second, and more important, it will make those who are inclined to shirk their responsibilities think twice。 Until now, if a person asked family elders, clergymen or the Ministry of Community Development to help get financial support from his children, the most they could do was to mediate。 But mediators have no teeth, and a child could simply ignore their pleas。 。。。"no teeth = no enforcement rights。