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

• An old injury to his right foot had begun to act up again.
  他右脚上的老伤又发作了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The car's engine is beginning to act up.
  这辆车的引擎开始出毛病了。
• 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 children always act up at home in holidays.
  假期里，小孩经常在家顽皮。
• John is not a man to be trusted as he does not often act up to his reputation.
  约翰不是一个可信赖的人，因为他经常不顾自己的声誉胡来。
• 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。
• 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。