n. 扳手，扳钳
monkey wrench //
adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw
活动板钳
活扳手，螺丝扳手，活旋钳[英国英语亦作 adjustable spanner]
活扳手
活动扳手
活动扳手
活动扳手
... monkey screw wrench 活扳手 monkey-wrench 活扳手 adjustable spanner monkey wrench 活扳子活络扳手 ; 活扳子 ...
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.
生活方式总是会让这个过程进行得不那么顺利，不管实践者怎样努力，再多铁一般的意志也弥补不了一个繁忙的工作日程或者照顾孩子等等。
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.
对YouTube的有争议的描述，似乎值得给Hitwise的通常是神话般的市场分析来了一棍子，但社交网络大的趋势无疑是增长的。
The decision will throw a monkey wrench into our efforts to develop a national broadband policy.
这一决定将妨碍我们制定一个全国性宽带政策的努力。
So they could throw a fairly good-sized monkey wrench in this thing.
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.
"It certainly throws a monkey wrench into this whole field, " says Prediman K. Shah, director of cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.