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 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。
• An old injury to his right foot had begun to act up again.
  他右脚上的老伤又发作了。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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
• 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。
• If the pressure is too low, the heating system will act up.
  如果压力太低，供暖系统就会出毛病。
• The children always act up at home in holidays.
  假期里，小孩经常在家顽皮。
• 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。