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put/throw a spanner in the works idiomUK(USthrow a (monkey) wrench in the works) to do something that prevents a plan or activity from succeeding: 从中捣乱;破坏计划 The funding for the project was withdrawn so that really threw a spanner in the works.项目的资金被撤回,这真的打乱了计划。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof frustration guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom preclude preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent scuttle smother suffocate
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