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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

  • Every time she used the vacuum cleaner, the television would act up
    她每次用真空吸尘器时,电视总是要出毛
  • An old injury to his right foot had begun to act up again.
    他右脚上的老伤又发作了。
  • 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。
  • I endeavored to act up to that instruction.
    我曾努力实践这训条。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • In 1990 the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act set up a regulator of fertility clinics and limits were set on the number of families a sperm or egg donor could provide.
    1990年,《人类受精与胚胎法案》对生育诊所做出规定,并限制了精子或卵子捐献者最多能为多少个家庭做出捐献。
  • But you didn't act up to your principle.
    但你并没有按你的原则办。
  • 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。
  • 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。