act up

1. PHRASAL VERB 运作不正常；出毛病
   If something is 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。
2. PHRASAL VERB （孩子）耍脾气，捣蛋
   If a child is 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。

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。
2. I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
   我能听见乔纳森在楼下撒泼。
3. 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。
4. The car's engine is beginning to act up.
   这辆车的引擎开始出毛病了。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Little children always act up with their parents at home.
   小孩子们总在家里和父母耍脾气。
9. We'll act up to the word you say.
   我们会遵照你发的命令办事。
10. We should act up, push myself, supervision and mom and dad, do good members of society.
    我们应该行动起来，督促自己，监督爸爸妈妈，做社会的好公民。
11. 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。
12. But you didn't act up to your principle.
    但你并没有按你的原则办。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. If you act up agin you know you're gonna get it.
    如果你不反对，你知道你会获得的。
17. 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。
18. An old injury to his right foot had begun to act up again.
    他右脚上的老伤又发作了。
19. 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。
20. 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
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. He's not going to act up to his principles.
    他不会按自己的原则行事的。
24. 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。
25. The children always act up at home in holidays.
    假期里，小孩经常在家顽皮。
26. I hat it when you act up.
    你捣蛋的时候真令人讨厌。
27. 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。
28. You guys act up like that, then we got nowhere to ride.
    你们很调皮，在哪儿都在滑。
29. I endeavored to act up to that instruction.
    我曾努力实践这训条。
30. 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。

verb

1. make itself felt as a recurring pain
   1. My arthritis is acting up again

2. misbehave badly
   1. The children acted up when they were not bored

   Synonym:    carry on