monkey-wrench

常見例句

Well, ok -- firewalls themselves aren't bad, but if you think about what asynchronous message processing means, they certainly throw an interesting monkey-wrench into the mix.
是的，沒錯(cuò)！其實(shí)防火墻本身并沒有什么不好，但如果您考慮到異步消息處理的含義，防火墻無疑會(huì)起干擾作用。
Lifestyle can really throw a monkey-wrench in the process, no matter how dedicated the sleeper wants to be: No amount of iron will can compensate for a hectic work-schedule, or kids, etc.
生活方式總是會(huì)讓這個(gè)過程進(jìn)行得不那么順利，不管實(shí)踐者怎樣努力，再多鐵一般的意志也彌補(bǔ)不了一個(gè)繁忙的工作日程或者照顧孩子等等。
The arguable mischaracterization of YouTube seems to throw a big monkey-wrench in Hitwise's usually fabulous market analysis, but as a general trend social network is undoubtedly growing.
對(duì)YouTube的有爭(zhēng)議的描述，似乎值得給Hitwise的通常是神話般的市場(chǎng)分析來了一棍子，但社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)大的趨勢(shì)無疑是增長(zhǎng)的。

So they could throw a fairly good-sized monkey wrench in this thing.
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Aside from that, the specter of a nuclear-armed Iran throws a monkey wrench into any thought of regional stability.
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Congress and regulators have been oddly quiet in reaction, since the news potentially throws a monkey wrench into their plans to scuttle even the Dodd-Frank financial regulations after the elections.
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