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

• What you say means very little unless you act up to it.
  你要是说而不做，你的话就没有多大意思了。
• If you act up to your promise, we are going on cooperating with you.
  如果你遵守你的诺言，我们将继续同你合作。
• We'll act up to the word you say.
  我们会遵照你发的命令办事。
• I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
  我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。
• 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。
• 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。
• But you didn't act up to your principle.
  但你并没有按你的原则办。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's not going to act up to his principles.
  他不会按自己的原则行事的。