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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• We should act up, push myself, supervision and mom and dad, do good members of society.
  我们应该行动起来，督促自己，监督爸爸妈妈，做社会的好公民。
• Little children always act up with their parents at home.
  小孩子们总在家里和父母耍脾气。
• You guys act up like that, then we got nowhere to ride.
  你们很调皮，在哪儿都在滑。
• 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。
• An old injury to his right foot had begun to act up again.
  他右脚上的老伤又发作了。
• 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。