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
- I hat it when you act up.
你捣蛋的时候真令人讨厌。 - 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。 - 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。 - The children always act up at home in holidays.
假期里,小孩经常在家顽皮。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He's not going to act up to his principles.
他不会按自己的原则行事的。