spanner in the works

常见例句

If nothing had happened, it really would have been a spanner in the works for the whole theory.
如果什么事情都没有发生，整个理论研究就会陷入瘫痪。
I’m talking about the kind of mood that throws a spanner in the works, has you fuming at every little thing and threatens to ruin a perfectly good day.
我说的是会给你带来麻烦，让你为任何小事情恼火，也可能破坏你非常美好的一天的那种心情。
But the NDRC threw a spanner in the works, arguing that it should be the entity responsible for approving the bid rather than the Ministry of Commerce.
但是国家发改委从中作梗，辩称应该是企业对批准这个提议负责，而不是商务部。

If true, that is a spanner in the works for those designing quantum gravity.
ECONOMIST: Planck-scale physics
But now members of the European Parliament have thrown a spanner in the works.
ECONOMIST: EU takeover rules