单词monkey-wrench
v.: 破坏
网络: 活扳手
活动扳手:
a tool that can be adjusted to hold and turn things of different widths
破坏，阻挠（计划）:
to do sth to spoil sb"s plans
破坏,阻挠
We were about to begin construction on the building but the contractor threw a monkey wrench into the project.
这幢楼我们正要动工，承包商却从中作梗，使工程没法继续。
But the boss just threw a monkey wrench into my plans -- he asked me to stay late to finish up a special report for him.
但是我那老板却把我的全盘计划都打翻了；他要我加班为他写完一份特别报告。
Legislation before Congress might add another monkey wrench into the Air Force"s plan to replace the U-2, however.
不过，在国会通过美国空军取代U-2侦察机计划的立法之前，还有一个不利因素。
To punish man"s desecration, ecologist Edward Abbey urged anti- human terrorism in his influential novel, The Monkey- Wrench Gang .
为惩罚人类的亵渎，生态学家爱德华·阿比在其颇有影响力的小说《扳手党》中号召发起反人类的恐怖活动。
All the plans for the party were going smoothly until Tricia threw a monkey wrench into the works.
所有的舞会计划本来都有条不紊，结果翠西把一切都搞砸了。
It also means that I can see what tools I have at a glance, reducing the chance that I"ll wind up with a monkey wrench I don"t need.
这也意味着我随便一看就知道我有些什么工具，降低在我不需要活动扳手的时候却只有活动扳手的几率。
Now the debt crisis in Europe, although long in the making, suddenly throws another monkey wrench into the works.
如今酝酿已久的欧洲债务危机突然又扔出了一个破坏因素。
Late game terror drones can throw a monkey wrench into your opponent"s plans if he uses tier 3 naval units unsupported near your base.
在后期，如果敌人用大量三级海军单位，孤立无援的在你的基地附近进攻的话，恐怖机器人可以大显身手。
Throwing a monkey wrench into bacteria"s RNA recycling system might harm MRSA in a number of ways.
向细菌的RNA再循环系统扔进一种破坏性因素（比如说丢进了一个“扳手”）就可能以多种方式损害MRSA。
Well, these changes really throw a monkey wrench into the system.
喂，这些变化真是使系统乱成一团糟。