This has played havoc with the " seasonal adjustments" common to most economic numbers.

这对大多数经济数据中常见的" 季节性调整" 造成了严重破坏。

But it's the smaller facts that play havoc with the outcome of a violent challenge.

但是产生狂暴挑战的大破坏却是小的事件引发的。

China's strict " zero-covid" policy played havoc with its economy last year.

去年，中国严格的“零新冠”政策对其经济造成了严重破坏。

Prior to the stroke, Neville's father continued to play havoc in British politics.

中风之前，内维尔的父亲继续在英国政坛造成严重破坏。

They play havoc on people's skin.

它们会伤害皮肤的。

Intermittent wind and sun power creates a need for backup generators, while playing havoc with business models that justify investing in them.

风能、太阳能的间接性在搅乱专为其投资建立的商业模型的同时，也产生了对备用发电机组的需求。

Snow and ice are playing havoc with holiday travel plans across the U.S., disrupting traffic in the air and on the roads.

冰雪造成的破坏扰乱了全美人民的节假日出行计划，空运和道路交通都受到影响。

Even if they keep revenues and costs under control, CEOs are discovering what their predecessors knew all too well: inflation plays havoc with the balance-sheet.

即使他们能够控制收入和成本，首席执行官们也发现了他们的前辈们再了解不过的事情：通货膨胀会严重破坏资产负债表。

His frequent absences continued to play havoc on his finances and his children largely grew up without him, frequently communicating with their father only through letters.

他频繁的不在家继续对他的财务造成严重破坏，他的孩子们在没有他的情况下长大，经常只能通过信件与父亲联系。

In a short time the spirit of democracy, while playing havoc with the old order in state government, made its way upward into the federal system.

——在很短的时间内，民主精神在破坏州政府的旧秩序的同时，又向上进入了联邦制度。

For the first time in its 28-year history it is in the midst of an inflationary whirlwind, which is playing havoc with its ability to predict the future.

在其 28 年的历史中，它第一次处于通胀旋风之中，这正在严重破坏其预测未来的能力。

Grant took a deep breath and expressed his hope that Erica was not going to let the plight of a good-looking young man play havoc with her heart.

格兰特深吸一口气， 表示希望埃里卡不要让一个英俊的年轻人的困境毁了她的心。

Pollution, climate change and the exploitation of habitats and loss of biodiversity are playing havoc with ecosystems. Ecologists have been warning of a sixth mass extinction and there's academic debate over whether that's already happening.

污染、气候变化、栖息地的大肆开发和生物多样性的丧失正在对生态系统造成严重的破坏。生态学家一直在警告第六次物种大灭绝的到来，但学术界对这一观点仍存有争论。

The British ministry, with indifference if not connivance, permitted rams and ships to be built in British docks and allowed them to escape to play havoc under the Confederate flag with American commerce.

英国内政部即使不是纵容， 也是漠不关心，允许在英国码头建造公羊和船只， 并允许它们逃跑， 打着邦联旗帜对美国商业造成严重破坏。

" Nonsense, " said Diana, whose black eyes and glossy tresses had played such havoc with the hearts of Avonlea schoolboys that her name figured on the porch walls in half a dozen take-notices.

“胡说八道，”戴安娜说，她的黑眼睛和光滑的头发在阿文利的学生心中造成了极大的破坏，以至于她的名字在六次通知中出现在门廊的墙上。

But the modelling suggested that such drastic changes in the energy balance in the upper atmosphere could play havoc with tropical monsoons, the seasonal rains on which the agriculture and economy of many countries depend.

但模型表明， 高层大气能量平衡的这种剧烈变化可能会对热带季风造成严重破坏，热带季风是许多国家农业和经济所依赖的季节性降雨。