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

• He's not going to act up to his principles.
  他不会按自己的原则行事的。
• You guys act up like that, then we got nowhere to ride.
  你们很调皮，在哪儿都在滑。
• Little children always act up with their parents at home.
  小孩子们总在家里和父母耍脾气。
• I endeavored to act up to that instruction.
  我曾努力实践这训条。
• The children always act up at home in holidays.
  假期里，小孩经常在家顽皮。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。