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 rascals like to act up by doodling on walls, strumming on the piano, and other such goings-on.
  那班淘气鬼最爱胡乱画墙壁、弹拨钢琴等捣蛋行为。
• 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。
• But you didn't act up to your principle.
  但你并没有按你的原则办。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. Sometimes they die.
  有时候他们离你而去，有时候他们冒出歪理而逼得你要奋起反抗，有时候是因为他们逝世。
• Curriculum leadership requires structure to maintains and act up.
  课程领导需要一定的组织结构来维持和运作。
• When the chaps tease him, he doesn't know how to act up.
  当朋友们取笑他时，他不知如何是好。
• I hat it when you act up.
  你捣蛋的时候真令人讨厌。