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

• I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
  我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。
• 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。
• 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。
• We'll act up to the word you say.
  我们会遵照你发的命令办事。
• You guys act up like that, then we got nowhere to ride.
  你们很调皮，在哪儿都在滑。
• Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. Sometimes they die.
  有时候他们离你而去，有时候他们冒出歪理而逼得你要奋起反抗，有时候是因为他们逝世。
• The children always act up at home in holidays.
  假期里，小孩经常在家顽皮。
• 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。
• 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 hat it when you act up.
  你捣蛋的时候真令人讨厌。