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

• 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。
• I hat it when you act up.
  你捣蛋的时候真令人讨厌。
• Little children always act up with their parents at home.
  小孩子们总在家里和父母耍脾气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• He's not going to act up to his principles.
  他不会按自己的原则行事的。
• 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。
• 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。