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

• The question was so unexpected that, for a moment, she was at a loss how to act up properly.
  问题来得这么突然，她一时不知道如何作出恰当的反应。
• An old injury to his right foot had begun to act up again.
  他右脚上的老伤又发作了。
• If you act up agin you know you're gonna get it.
  如果你不反对，你知道你会获得的。
• I endeavored to act up to that instruction.
  我曾努力实践这训条。
• We'll act up to the word you say.
  我们会遵照你发的命令办事。
• The engine began to act up and he thought he would have to hit the silk.
  引擎开始失灵，他心想非要跳伞降落不可。
• He's not going to act up to his principles.
  他不会按自己的原则行事的。
• 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。
• John is not a man to be trusted as he does not often act up to his reputation.
  约翰不是一个可信赖的人，因为他经常不顾自己的声誉胡来。
• The children always act up at home in holidays.
  假期里，小孩经常在家顽皮。