put a spoke in someone's wheel

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To thwart or obstruct someone in the execution of some design.
    — The original branch was 5¾ miles long, from Llantrisant to Cowbridge only, but in 1889, the T.V.R. [Taff Vale Railway] obtained powers […] to continue the line for 6½ miles south to the coast at Aberthaw, ostensibly for the purpose of serving the important limestone works there, but one suspects other motives, including an understandable desire on the part of the T.V.R. to put a spoke in the wheel of the oncoming Barry Railway !

词形变化

puts a spoke in someone's wheel present,singular,third-person putting a spoke in someone's wheel participle,present put a spoke in someone's wheel participle,past put a spoke in someone's wheel past have a spoke in someone's cart alternative,obsolete
5 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary