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

• We should act up, push myself, supervision and mom and dad, do good members of society.
  我们应该行动起来，督促自己，监督爸爸妈妈，做社会的好公民。
• 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
• 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 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。
• 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。
• If the pressure is too low, the heating system will act up.
  如果压力太低，供暖系统就会出毛病。
• Little children always act up with their parents at home.
  小孩子们总在家里和父母耍脾气。
• 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。
• 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。