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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• John is not a man to be trusted as he does not often act up to his reputation.
  约翰不是一个可信赖的人，因为他经常不顾自己的声誉胡来。
• But you didn't act up to your principle.
  但你并没有按你的原则办。
• I hat it when you act up.
  你捣蛋的时候真令人讨厌。
• Little children always act up with their parents at home.
  小孩子们总在家里和父母耍脾气。
• 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。
• The car's engine is beginning to act up.
  这辆车的引擎开始出毛病了。
• I endeavored to act up to that instruction.
  我曾努力实践这训条。