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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I hat it when you act up.
  你捣蛋的时候真令人讨厌。
• 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。
• Little children always act up with their parents at home.
  小孩子们总在家里和父母耍脾气。
• 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。
• 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。