gum up
gum up 英 [ɡʌm ʌp] 美 [ɡʌm ʌp]
phrase. 搞乱；把事情搞糟；使出毛病
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- phrase. 搞乱；把事情搞糟；使出毛病
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1. One senior Wall Street executive said the sheer volume of trading expected after a default could gum up the system, making it difficult to conduct any type of trading.
一位华尔街高级管理人士说，一旦发生违约，预计交易量会非常大，可能会令系统瘫痪，使任何类型的交易都难以进行。
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2. Aggressive drivers, who don't give the car in front of them enough space, and timid drivers, who need a big gap between themselves and the cars surrounding them, gum up the works for everybody else.
胆大的司机不会给前面的车辆让出足够的地方，而胆小的司机需要自己车周围有大的空间，这就阻碍了他人车辆的行动。
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3. As much as we want happy people in our lives, it often happens that difficult people appear in our circle to gum up the works.
尽管我们希望生活中都是这种让人愉快的人，但常有难与之相处的人出现在我们的左右，让生活了无生趣。 事实上，有些自己的家人就是这种人。
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