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。