monkey wrench

美 　英

• n.活動扳手
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)活絡(luò)扳手；活扳手；破壞性因素

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：monkey wrenches  

英漢雙解

習(xí)慣用語

英漢解釋

na.	1. 活動扳手[扳鉗,扳頭];引起破壞的東西

英英解釋

n.	1. a wrench that can be used to turn nuts of different sizes

例句

We were about to begin construction on the building but the contractor threw a monkey wrench into the project.

這幢樓我們正要動工，承包商卻從中作梗，使工程沒法繼續(xù)。

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.

但是我那老板卻把我的全盤計劃都打翻了；他要我加班為他寫完一份特別報告。

Legislation before Congress might add another monkey wrench into the Air Force's plan to replace the U-2, however.

不過，在國會通過美國空軍取代U-2偵察機計劃的立法之前，還有一個不利因素。

To punish man's desecration, ecologist Edward Abbey urged anti- human terrorism in his influential novel, The Monkey- Wrench Gang .

為懲罰人類的褻瀆，生態(tài)學(xué)家愛德華·阿比在其頗有影響力的小說《扳手黨》中號召發(fā)起反人類的恐怖活動。

All the plans for the party were going smoothly until Tricia threw a monkey wrench into the works.

所有的舞會計劃本來都有條不紊，結(jié)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.

這也意味著我隨便一看就知道我有些什么工具，降低在我不需要活動扳手的時候卻只有活動扳手的幾率。

Now the debt crisis in Europe, although long in the making, suddenly throws another monkey wrench into the works.

如今醞釀已久的歐洲債務(wù)危機突然又扔出了一個破壞因素。

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，如果敵人用大量三級海軍單位，孤立無援的在你的基地附近進攻的話，恐怖機器人可以大顯身手。

Throwing a monkey wrench into bacteria's RNA recycling system might harm MRSA in a number of ways.

向細菌的RNA再循環(huán)系統(tǒng)扔進一種破壞性因素（比如說丟進了一個“扳手”）就可能以多種方式損害MRSA。

Well, these changes really throw a monkey wrench into the system.

喂，這些變化真是使系統(tǒng)亂成一團糟。

But the boss threw a monkey wrench into our plans today when he told me I have to go to a business meeting in New York next week.

但是今天老板告訴我下周去紐約參加一個會議終止了我的計劃。

And the fastest-growing group in the Gaia liberation movement, EarthFirst! , uses a monkey wrench for its symbol.

在蓋亞解放運動中發(fā)展最迅速的組織“地球優(yōu)先”就將一只扳手作為其符號。

Bill's code changes threw a monkey wrench into the new software.

比爾的代碼發(fā)生變化把整個新軟件都搞砸了。

The potential monkey wrench is contagion.

這種可能的麻煩具傳染性。

Proxy servers may allow this and handle it gracefully, but they can also throw a monkey wrench in the works.

代理服務(wù)器也許可以支持這點并優(yōu)雅地處理，但它們同時也可能帶來破壞因素。

DOUBLE OFFSET RING SPANNER adjustable spanner, monkey wrench

活扳子，活絡(luò)扳手

threw a monkey wrench into my plans

意思是破壞了我的計劃，而

throw a monkey wrench in the works

把看上去很清楚明白的事情攪亂