monkey wrench

monkey wrench

美 　英

• n.活动扳手
• 网络活络扳手；活扳手；破坏性因素

词形变化

复数：monkey wrenches  

英汉双解

习惯用语

英汉解释

na.	1. 活动扳手[扳钳,扳头];引起破坏的东西

英英解释

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.

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。

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.

但是今天老板告诉我下周去纽约参加一个会议终止了我的计划。

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

在盖亚解放运动中发展最迅速的组织“地球优先”就将一只扳手作为其符号。

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

比尔的代码发生变化把整个新软件都搞砸了。

The potential monkey wrench is contagion.

这种可能的麻烦具传染性。

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。

DOUBLE OFFSET RING SPANNER adjustable spanner, monkey wrench

活扳子，活络扳手

threw a monkey wrench into my plans

意思是破坏了我的计划，而

throw a monkey wrench in the works

把看上去很清楚明白的事情搅乱