monkey wrench

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She hoped to see the class plan fail and she looked for a chance to throw a monkey wrench.
她想看到班級計劃失敗，總是尋找機會進行破壞。
A federal judge threw a monkey wrench into the project to build a new oil refinery on the river.
聯(lián)邦法官終止了在河上修建新的煉油廠的工程。
On September 5th the Bank of England got its monkey wrench out and tackled one issue, the half-percentage-point gap between overnight lending rates and its official benchmark.
9月5日，英格蘭銀行拿出鉗子，疏通了一部分，即隔夜資金拆出利率和官方基準利率的0.5％利差。

For one thing, it throws a monkey wrench in the whole mix before the European Summit Thursday and Friday.
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The new and disappointing data "have thrown a monkey wrench here, " he said.
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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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a tool with parts that can be moved to tighten or unfasten any size of nut and bolt