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.- 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。
- She was messing with the coffee pot, which was acting up again.
- PHRASAL VERB (孩子)耍脾气,捣蛋
If a childis acting up, they are behaving badly.- I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。
- I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
英英释义
verb
- make itself felt as a recurring pain
- My arthritis is acting up again
- misbehave badly
- The children acted up when they were not bored
双语例句
- What you say means very little unless you act up to it.
你要是说而不做,你的话就没有多大意思了。 - 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 - 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 question was so unexpected that, for a moment, she was at a loss how to act up properly.
问题来得这么突然,她一时不知道如何作出恰当的反应。 - I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。 - The car's engine is beginning to act up.
这辆车的引擎开始出毛病了。 - 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。 - Don't act up or you will be spoiled some day.
不要卖弄,否则有一天你会吃大亏。 - You guys act up like that, then we got nowhere to ride.
你们很调皮,在哪儿都在滑。