act up

英 [ækt ʌp]

美 [ækt ʌp]

运作不正常; 出毛病; （孩子）耍脾气，捣蛋

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 运作不正常；出毛病
  If somethingis acting up, it is not working properly.
  1. She was messing with the coffee pot, which was acting up again.
     她正在鼓捣咖啡壶，那壶又坏了。
• PHRASAL VERB （孩子）耍脾气，捣蛋
  If a childis acting up, they are behaving badly.
  1. I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
     我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。

英英释义

verb

• make itself felt as a recurring pain
  1. My arthritis is acting up again
• misbehave badly
  1. The children acted up when they were not bored
  Synonym:carry on

双语例句

• In 1990 the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act set up a regulator of fertility clinics and limits were set on the number of families a sperm or egg donor could provide.
  1990年，《人类受精与胚胎法案》对生育诊所做出规定，并限制了精子或卵子捐献者最多能为多少个家庭做出捐献。
• And American judges and lawyers deny ( not always plausibly) that they act up for the camera.
  而美国的法官和律师也不认为自己会因为摄像机而发挥失常，尽管这不总是可信的。
• The car's engine is beginning to act up.
  这辆车的引擎开始出毛病了。
• Every time she used the vacuum cleaner, the television would act up
  她每次用真空吸尘器时，电视总是要出毛
• I endeavored to act up to that instruction.
  我曾努力实践这训条。
• Don't act up or you will be spoiled some day.
  不要卖弄，否则有一天你会吃大亏。
• We'll act up to the word you say.
  我们会遵照你发的命令办事。
• He's not going to act up to his principles.
  他不会按自己的原则行事的。
• The young herdsman briskly mounted a horse that was inclined to act up with an unaccustomed rider.
  年轻的牧民轻快地跃上一匹惯于对生人使性子的马。
• That man is needed for the last act winding up the drama.
  这个人还要为最后一次集体行动辩护。