英语词汇“act up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

act up

1 informal (Of a thing) fail to function properly: the plane’s engine was acting up...

The laptop computer that we have been using for performing pulmonary function tests had been acting up lately, overheating and shutting itself off.
Then again, my body did like to pick the wrong times to start acting up.
I think the service is messed up here, it was acting up before the phone broke.

Synonyms

malfunction, crash, develop a fault, go wrong, break down, give out, stall, be defective, be faulty, fail, cease to function, cease to work, stop working

informal conk out, go kaput, go phut, go on the blink, be on the blink

British informal pack up, play up

1.1Behave badly: all children talk back and act up from time to time...

In his three-year-old debut at Gulfstream in January, Friends Lake acted up at the gate and ran badly in the Holy Bull, finishing third, 12 lengths behind the winner.
The day we visit the kindergarten is only the second time in his life that Ed acts up.
The teenager was asked about conversations he had with the dean at Los Angeles' John Burroughs Middle School, where the boy had a history of acting up in class.

Synonyms

misbehave, give someone trouble, cause someone trouble, act badly, get up to mischief, get up to no good, be bad, be naughty, forget oneself, misconduct oneself;

clown about/around, fool about/around, act the clown, act the fool, act the goat, act foolishly

informal carry on, mess about/around

British informal muck about/around, play up

2Be promoted to a more senior position on a temporary basis.What is the process for being put forward for promotion or acting up; your line manager can do it, or somebody you work with can do it, but somebody else has a final say?...

When someone is acting up it takes another uniform off the street,’ he said.
He said: ‘There have been problems due to some staff being unwilling to act up.’

See parent entry: act

单词	act up
释义	act up 1 informal (Of a thing) fail to function properly: the plane’s engine was acting up... The laptop computer that we have been using for performing pulmonary function tests had been acting up lately, overheating and shutting itself off. Then again, my body did like to pick the wrong times to start acting up. I think the service is messed up here, it was acting up before the phone broke. Synonyms malfunction, crash, develop a fault, go wrong, break down, give out, stall, be defective, be faulty, fail, cease to function, cease to work, stop working informal conk out, go kaput, go phut, go on the blink, be on the blink British informal pack up, play up 1.1Behave badly: all children talk back and act up from time to time... In his three-year-old debut at Gulfstream in January, Friends Lake acted up at the gate and ran badly in the Holy Bull, finishing third, 12 lengths behind the winner. The day we visit the kindergarten is only the second time in his life that Ed acts up. The teenager was asked about conversations he had with the dean at Los Angeles' John Burroughs Middle School, where the boy had a history of acting up in class. Synonyms misbehave, give someone trouble, cause someone trouble, act badly, get up to mischief, get up to no good, be bad, be naughty, forget oneself, misconduct oneself; clown about/around, fool about/around, act the clown, act the fool, act the goat, act foolishly informal carry on, mess about/around British informal muck about/around, play up 2Be promoted to a more senior position on a temporary basis.What is the process for being put forward for promotion or acting up; your line manager can do it, or somebody you work with can do it, but somebody else has a final say?... When someone is acting up it takes another uniform off the street,’ he said. He said: ‘There have been problems due to some staff being unwilling to act up.’ See parent entry: act
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