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

• 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。
• An old injury to his right foot had begun to act up again.
  他右脚上的老伤又发作了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The children always act up at home in holidays.
  假期里，小孩经常在家顽皮。
• The rascals like to act up by doodling on walls, strumming on the piano, and other such goings-on.
  那班淘气鬼最爱胡乱画墙壁、弹拨钢琴等捣蛋行为。
• 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。
• We'll act up to the word you say.
  我们会遵照你发的命令办事。