monkey wrench

1. → see: wrench

1. Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
   他们的代表团本周提出了各种细枝末节的反对意见，极在地阻挠了进程。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. He'd send him to White Front Garage for a left-handed monkey wrench.
   他会叫他到白门面汽车修理店去拿一左旋活动扳手。
5. Some cluck came in and asked for a lefthanded monkey wrench.
   有个傻瓜进来要借一把供左撇子使用的活动扳手。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Proxy servers may allow this and handle it gracefully, but they can also throw a monkey wrench in the works.
   代理服务器也许可以支持这点并优雅地处理，但它们同时也可能带来破坏因素。
9. Hey, ace, hand me that monkey wrench.
   喂，傻瓜，把那把活动扳手递给我。
10. 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，老？今天突然要我下星期去纽约参加一个会议，这下可把我们全家人的计划都打破了。
11. Markets are inherently volatile and these days government intervention can throw in a monkey wrench that can reverse ostensibly strong trends.
    市场本身就具有波动性，而如今的政府干预行为还可能干扰市场，逆转看似强劲的趋势。
12. I hate to throw a monkey wrench in the works, but don't you think we should ask Andy to help.
    我讨厌把事情搅乱，但是你不认为我们应该找安迪帮忙吗？（责任编辑：李熙）
13. The new tax law threw a monkey wrench into tax saving techniques for families, including ways of sheltering income earned by teens.
    新税法破坏了一般家庭省税的办法，包括20岁以下家庭成员收入免税规定在内。

n.

throw a monkey wrench in/into sth

• 破坏，阻挠（计划）
  to do sth to spoil sb's plans

noun

1. adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw

   Synonym:    monkey-wrench