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 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 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。
• I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
  我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The children always act up at home in holidays.
  假期里，小孩经常在家顽皮。
• We'll act up to the word you say.
  我们会遵照你发的命令办事。
• 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。