But the verb used with the applecart expression is usually upset.

" 但是和" 苹果车（applecart）" 表达连用动词经常是" 扰乱（upset）" 。

In fact, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an applecart as a plan, system, or situation that may be disrupted or ended.

事，氏词典里" applecart" 定义是" 一个计划或者一种局面被扰乱了或者被中断了。

This is where a vehicle called an applecart enters the story.

这就是一种叫苹果车交通工具诞生历史时候。

The first recorded use of applecart being used in this way appeared in 1788.

第一次有" applecart" 这种用法出现在1788年。

In American English, you have upset the applecart if you ruin someone's plans or go against the usual way of doing things.

在美语里，如果你毁了别人计划或者不遵循常规做法，你就是" 打乱安排" 。

It must have been a big mistake years ago to upset or overturn someone's applecart.

以前破坏或者推翻别人苹果车肯定是个大错。

There's nothing like putting the nervous players in first; it's the sitting with their pads on that upsets their applecart; that was another of my reasons for being so confoundedly close.

没有什么比让紧张玩家先场更好了； 是坐在垫子打乱了他们苹果车； 这是我如此亲密另一个原因。