gum up

gum up

美 　英

• na.粘合；搞乱
• 网络上胶；把事情搞糟；使出毛病

词形变化

第三人称单数：gums up  现在分词：gumming up  过去式：gummed up  

英汉解释

na.	1. 粘合 2. 〈美俚〉弄坏,搞乱

英英解释

na.	1. to cause things to be stuck together or covered in a sticky substance so that they no longer work smoothly 2. to stop a process from working smoothly

例句

More than one attempt may be necessary, as may the injection of a "bridging agent" to further gum up the blowout preventer.

除此之外，可能仍将继续努力，因为置入“桥堵剂”可能会进一步卡住防喷装置。

Gum up To apply gum Arabic or similar solution to a lithographic surface to protect it from oxidation and grease.

在柯式印版上涂上一层阿拉伯胶或类似的胶体以防止氧化或沾染油脂。

The hitch is that syngas from waste is full of tarry residue that tends to gum up the turbine.

缺点是垃圾生成的合成气体中所含的大量的焦油状残渣会把涡轮机粘住。

That would add to the legal cost of transactions and further gum up a damaged channel of credit.

这将会增加交易的法律成本，此外还会把本已损坏的信贷通道弄得更糟。

Still, in some applications, nano-materials gum up the works, or break down after a few dozen charges and discharges, experts say.

然而，专家说，在某些应用条件下，纳米材料反而不利，或是会在几十次充放电后发生衰减。

But too often, human frailties gum up the works by leaving unforeseen breaches in otherwise secure systems.

但情况经常是，人为过失在原本安全的系统中留下意外的漏洞，把事情弄糟。

Yet the increasingly outsize rewards accruing to the nation's elite clutch of superstars threaten to gum up this incentive mechanism.

不过，超级明星这一精英力量所得到的不断增长的超高回报，可能扰乱这种激励机制。

Don't put too much oil in the machine; it may gum up the works.

不要在机器里加太多油；也许会故障。

The manager says you'll gum up the works if you do it this way.

经理说你这样做会把事情搞砸。

Please don't gum up the works while I am working on my new plan.

当我从事新的计画时，请别破坏它。

But if they are wrong, an already crowded city will simply gum up.

但如果他们错了的话，这个已经拥挤的城市肯定会更糟糕。