1. behave badly: to be rude,
unhelpful, or unpleasant and not do what you are told to do
例:
I knew I'd behaved very badly, and I was
sorry. (我知道自己表現(xiàn)不好,讓你失望了,很抱歉。)
The kids behaved so badly that I was
embarrassed. (孩子們表現(xiàn)得太失禮了,為此我覺(jué)得很丟臉。)
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2. badly behaved: someone who is
badly behaved behaves badly - use this especially about children
例:
The hotel was full of badly behaved
celebrities. (這家酒店住了很多名人,他們的行為舉止都很討人厭。)
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3. misbehave: if children misbehave
, they deliberately behave badly by being noisy, rude etc
例:
Kids often misbehave when they are bored or
tired. (小孩無(wú)聊或很累的時(shí)候,就不老實(shí)了。)
We never dared to misbehave in Miss White's
classes. (我們從來(lái)都不敢在懷特老師的課上搗亂。)
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4. get into trouble: if someone gets
into trouble, they do something that is illegal or against the rules,
especially something not very serious, and get caught doing it
例:
Tony is always getting into trouble at
school. (托尼在學(xué)校總?cè)堑?。?/span>
Don't copy my work or we'll both get into
trouble. (別抄我的作業(yè),抄的話我們倆都要倒霉。)
get into trouble with
He first got into trouble with the police
at the age of 15. (他十五歲時(shí)第一次被警察抓。)
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5. be up to no good: if someone is
up to no good, they are secretly doing something that they should not do - use
this especially when you think someone may be doing something bad, but you are
not completely sure
例:
She knew that her brother was up to no good
but she didn't tell anyone. (她知道她弟弟干了壞事,但是她沒(méi)告訴別人。)
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6. act up: to behave badly by being
very active and noisy - use this especially about children
備注:''act up''是非正式的用法,英式英語(yǔ)中也常用''play up''。
例:
During his parents' divorce, Robert began
acting up in class. (羅博打從父母離異起,就經(jīng)常在班上搗亂。)
The kids have been playing up all
afternoon. They're driving me mad. (孩子們整個(gè)下午一直吵吵鬧鬧亂哄哄的,我要瘋了。)
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7. mess around: to behave in a silly
way when you should be working or paying attention
備注:''mess
around''是非正式的用法,英式英語(yǔ)中也常用''muck about''。
例:
Stop messing around and pay attention! (別搗亂,注意聽(tīng)!)
Stop mucking about and listen! (別搗亂,注意聽(tīng)!)
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8. try it on: to behave badly in
order to find out how bad you can be before someone gets angry with you or
punishes you
備注:''try it
on''常用于英式英語(yǔ)中非正式的場(chǎng)合。
例:
For your first few days' teaching, the kids
will probably try it on just to see how you react. (你剛開(kāi)始做老師,學(xué)生肯定會(huì)盡量搗亂,以試探你的忍耐度。)
At home she's allowed to tell everyone what
to do, but she wouldn't dare try it on at work. (在家她是老大,但是在公司她不敢亂來(lái)。)
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9. step out of line: to behave badly
by breaking rules or disobeying orders, especially in a situation where
everyone is expected to be very obedient
例:
The prisoners were warned that if they
stepped out of line they would be severely punished. (囚犯都被警告說(shuō)如果行差踏錯(cuò)就會(huì)受?chē)?yán)厲處罰。)
The boss is very tough on anyone who steps
out of line. (老板對(duì)于不守規(guī)矩的人很兇。)
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