act up 详细解释
act up
出毛病, 运转不正常, 耍脾气, 捣蛋
1. 调皮; 任性
The dogs acted up when a stranger entered the front yard.
有陌生人走进前院时, 狗就开始又叫又跳。
The boy is fond of acting up with him.
这男孩喜欢和他一同捣蛋。
2. 出毛病
My car has been acting up again.
我的车子又出问题了。
The car's engine began to act up.
汽车的发动机开始出毛病了。
词义辨析
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英英释义
动词 act up:
misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way
同义词：carry on
make itself felt as a recurring pain
补充
act upact up1.行动倔强, 任性I'm sorry my boy was acting up in your house yesterday.很抱歉, 我的儿子昨天在你家里捣乱。2.(机器等)功能失常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。3.炫耀, 故意惹人注意The kid is acting up for our attention.这个孩子正在做各种动作来逗引我们注意。4.(病痛等)复发Mother's leg seemed quite better after her operation, but recently it's been acting up again.母亲的腿在手术之后似乎好多了, 可最近又疼了起来。5.做出适当反应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。例句
1. She was fiddling with the TV, which was acting up again.她正在鼓捣电视, 它又坏了。 2. The boiler is acting up again.锅炉又出问题了。 3. I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.我能听见乔纳森在楼下淘呢。 4. Single parents take it hard when their children act up.孩子捣蛋时, 单亲父母会觉得很难办。 5. My back's acting up again.我的背又开始疼了。 6. Does the weather make your arthritis act up?这天气诱发你关节炎了吗？ 7. The car's engine is beginning to act up.汽车发动机在开始失灵。 8. His stomach acted up after dinner.饭后他的胃病发作了。 9. The children have been acting up all evening.整个晚上孩子们都在调皮捣蛋。 10. When the girls tease him,he doesn't quite know how to act up.姑娘们拿他逗乐时，他就没辙了。 11. The kid likes to act up for the benefit of anyone who cares to notice.这孩子喜欢做各种动作来惹人注意。 12. The kids are acting up [=misbehaving] again.孩子们又在捣蛋。 13. The book gives advice to parents whose children act up.这本书给那些孩子很调皮的父母提供了建议。 14. The camera started acting up [=malfunctioning] after I dropped it.相机被我摔了之后就出问题了。 15. His asthma acts up when it's cold outside.外面天气冷的话他的哮喘病就会发作。 16. "Whenever it rains, my arthritis starts acting up."只要一下雨，我的关节炎就会发作。热门单词推荐
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