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

• 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。
• You guys act up like that, then we got nowhere to ride.
  你们很调皮，在哪儿都在滑。
• We'll act up to the word you say.
  我们会遵照你发的命令办事。
• The car's engine is beginning to act up.
  这辆车的引擎开始出毛病了。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• But you didn't act up to your principle.
  但你并没有按你的原则办。
• 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。
• 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。