"Act up" nghĩa là gì?

Dậy thì là lứa tuổi dễ mất kiểm soát hành động. Photo by La Afterman from Pexels 

"Act up" có nghĩa là (người) hành động không phù hợp, xấu tính; (vật) giở chứng, có vấn đề.  Còn "act up to something" có nghĩa là hành động cho xứng đáng với điều gì.

Ví dụ 
They say their older Apple devices began conveniently (thuận tiện) "acting up" soon after the tech giant announced the iPhone 11 earlier this week. 

But Lindsay’s attempts to look shocked at reveals of Australian celebs isn’t the only acting the star has been doing, with reports she has been acting up on set. 

Although he was still acting up some as he started his sophomore year (năm thứ hai ở trường học), the problems steadily diminished (giảm dần) until by the spring semester he was no longer failing in anything, was not getting into trouble in school or elsewhere, and he and his mother were on excellent, loving terms. 

Thu Phương

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