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词汇 behave
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Definition of behave in English:

behave

verb bɪˈheɪvbəˈheɪv
[no object]
  • 1with adverbial Act or conduct oneself in a specified way, especially towards others.

    待人接物;以某种态度对待

    he always behaved like a gentleman

    他为人总是像个谦谦君子。

    it is not acceptable for a student to behave like that towards a teacher
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He said his client admitted he had done wrong and would behave differently if he had his time again.
    • I dread having to face him again, after I behaved so rudely towards him.
    • In any event, I was the one who was afraid of her and her family as they had behaved violently towards me in the past and I had no intention of going anywhere near her or her family.
    • I encourage them to negotiate based on what they have done well and how they have behaved towards others.
    • It was not in the way they behaved towards each other, certainly.
    • He behaved differently around other men in general and found himself slipping into a much more aggressive and macho posture in everyday life.
    • I think of him as a friend, and he has always behaved like a gentleman whenever I see him.
    • ‘I think my father has behaved very badly towards me,’ Flora is reported as saying.
    • He had never behaved aggressively towards anyone in the college.
    • Nor was he much better behaved towards Penny, whom he bullied and whose husband he treated with contempt.
    • Hubert in particular was recalling times past when Patricia had behaved less than honourably towards his favourite cousin.
    • The club claims that the man behaved violently towards a Union officer who was collecting entrance fees and had to be restrained by security staff on hand.
    • They feel you have behaved badly towards them and you agree.
    • The perception that he behaved aggressively and condescendingly towards his opponent during the presidential debates has done him damage.
    • She respected him and even apologized for the way she had behaved towards him when she was angry.
    • If someone close by the cash machine is behaving suspiciously or makes you feel uncomfortable, go to another machine.
    • It said a gentleman is a man who behaves well towards others and who can always be trusted to act honorably.
    • And you can tell a lot about a woman by how she behaves towards her nanny.
    • It was a natural trait, to get as much as possible, and, I doubt in similar circumstances, I would have behaved any differently.
    • I behaved extremely destructively towards my family.
    Synonyms
    conduct oneself, act, acquit oneself, bear oneself, carry oneself
    rare comport oneself, deport oneself
    1. 1.1 (of a machine or natural phenomenon) work or function in a specified way.
      (机器)运转,(自然现象)起作用
      each car behaves differently

      每辆车的运转情况都有差别。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Much more striking, however, is how the car behaves in everyday situations.
      • Since this is very hard to effect, a crystal with totally filled bands will behave as an insulator.
      • Investigators also look at how fires behave and how people are affected by them as well as why people start them.
      • Phenomena that we previously thought of as waves can sometimes behave like particles.
      • For if we better understand what we are, we might better understand why we behave as we do.
      • A non-woody species may have behaved differently.
      • Now scientists have clues on how a hurricane behaves when the ozone levels are high and low.
      • He hypothesized that lightning behaved that way because it was just a bunch of electricity.
      • While the car behaves well on smooth surfaces, take it on less well surfaced roads, and things begin to fall apart.
      • All the males in the social group behave as if they are the father, helping to guard and provision the cubs.
      • Some thought that water waves behaved differently from acoustic or other waves, or from pulses along a string.
      • Energy behaves and performs in ways and manners that are different from matter, although there might be some similarities.
      • However, the currency markets have behaved differently.
      • Researchers have discovered that matter at this tiny scale often behaves very differently.
      • Moist air behaves differently as once it starts rising, the water vapour starts to condense.
      • Each gun behaves a little differently depending upon their weight, making it more challenging to aim and change targets.
      • Formerly this area of natural swamp would have behaved like other natural wetlands.
      • I think that they are now about seven or eight, and seem to behave as normal children would.
      • The enzyme behaves quite differently, and that's a real challenge.
      • It behaves very differently and has required some changes in manufacture.
      Synonyms
      function, go, run, operate, perform
  • 2also behave oneselfoften in imperative Conduct oneself in accordance with the accepted norms of a society or group.

    循规蹈矩,举止端正

    ‘Just behave, Tom,’ he said

    “规矩点,汤姆,"他说。

    they were expected to behave themselves

    他们应该行为规矩。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Both White and his captain, John Smit, said later that the referee had told him, in the seconds before the score, to go and talk to his players about behaving themselves.
    • Vandal number three's mum added: ‘All the children he knows have seen they can get caught on CCTV so they are behaving themselves.’
    • She says she'll be behaving herself the night before the game: ‘I will be staying in on the Friday night before the game to rest my voice.’
    • It was originally believed he was on one of his fact finding missions making sure all the kids were behaving themselves but this Santa was on a different crusade.
    • There he will meet the children of Swindon to take their requests for presents and find out whether they have been behaving themselves throughout the year.
    • Unlike other demonstrations across the country, these were trouble-free, with students behaving themselves.
    • It is to question whether and to what extent the citizens want to respect other people by behaving themselves.
    • He wound his window down and asked, ‘Are you behaving yourself?’
    • ‘People think you should be behaving yourself at 54,’ says Spencer, ‘they think you should have said what you've got to say.’
    • Generally, everybody seemed to be behaving themselves.
    • ‘The vast majority of the passengers were behaving themselves but it was the mindless minority that were responsible for this disorder,’ he said.
    • It is only because you have admitted the breach of this order at the earliest opportunity and fortunately you were behaving yourself in that pizza take-away that we are not going to send you to prison.
    • (Leia can come too if she behaves herself and controls those sarcastic eyebrows).
    • Well, you know, he hasn't had a great track record as far as behaving himself in prison.
    • So, what does the electorate do when it finds that their representatives are not behaving themselves?
    • They are proving to be a great success and the pupils are behaving themselves impeccably.
    • Even if they are behaving themselves I do believe it would still be a nuisance, especially to me and other people to the rear of the pub.
    • Before, they were very rigid and would go on about people behaving themselves.
    • If the residents attempted to talk to these teenagers they would gain a lot of respect and they would start behaving themselves.
    • This usually unruly child started behaving himself at school.
    Synonyms
    act correctly, act properly, conduct oneself well, act in a polite way, show good manners, mind one's manners, mind one's Ps and Qs
    be good, be polite, be well behaved

Origin

Late Middle English: from be- 'thoroughly' + have in the sense 'have or bear (oneself) in a particular way'.

  • Behave is from be- ‘thoroughly’ and have in the sense ‘have or bear (oneself) in a particular way’; this corresponds to modern German sich behaben.

Rhymes

brave, Cave, clave, concave, crave, Dave, deprave, engrave, enslave, fave, forgave, gave, grave, knave, lave, Maeve, misbehave, misgave, nave, outbrave, pave, rave, save, shave, shortwave, slave, stave, they've, waive, wave

Definition of behave in US English:

behave

verbbəˈhāvbəˈheɪv
[no object]
  • 1with adverbial Act or conduct oneself in a specified way, especially toward others.

    待人接物;以某种态度对待

    he always behaved like a gentleman

    他为人总是像个谦谦君子。

    you should behave affectionately toward the patient

    你对待病人应该亲切。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He said his client admitted he had done wrong and would behave differently if he had his time again.
    • Hubert in particular was recalling times past when Patricia had behaved less than honourably towards his favourite cousin.
    • I encourage them to negotiate based on what they have done well and how they have behaved towards others.
    • I think of him as a friend, and he has always behaved like a gentleman whenever I see him.
    • ‘I think my father has behaved very badly towards me,’ Flora is reported as saying.
    • It was not in the way they behaved towards each other, certainly.
    • Nor was he much better behaved towards Penny, whom he bullied and whose husband he treated with contempt.
    • It said a gentleman is a man who behaves well towards others and who can always be trusted to act honorably.
    • The club claims that the man behaved violently towards a Union officer who was collecting entrance fees and had to be restrained by security staff on hand.
    • In any event, I was the one who was afraid of her and her family as they had behaved violently towards me in the past and I had no intention of going anywhere near her or her family.
    • I dread having to face him again, after I behaved so rudely towards him.
    • She respected him and even apologized for the way she had behaved towards him when she was angry.
    • If someone close by the cash machine is behaving suspiciously or makes you feel uncomfortable, go to another machine.
    • He behaved differently around other men in general and found himself slipping into a much more aggressive and macho posture in everyday life.
    • The perception that he behaved aggressively and condescendingly towards his opponent during the presidential debates has done him damage.
    • They feel you have behaved badly towards them and you agree.
    • I behaved extremely destructively towards my family.
    • He had never behaved aggressively towards anyone in the college.
    • It was a natural trait, to get as much as possible, and, I doubt in similar circumstances, I would have behaved any differently.
    • And you can tell a lot about a woman by how she behaves towards her nanny.
    Synonyms
    conduct oneself, act, acquit oneself, bear oneself, carry oneself
    1. 1.1 (of a machine or natural phenomenon) work or function in a specified way.
      (机器)运转,(自然现象)起作用
      each car behaves differently

      每辆车的运转情况都有差别。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • All the males in the social group behave as if they are the father, helping to guard and provision the cubs.
      • A non-woody species may have behaved differently.
      • I think that they are now about seven or eight, and seem to behave as normal children would.
      • Phenomena that we previously thought of as waves can sometimes behave like particles.
      • However, the currency markets have behaved differently.
      • Formerly this area of natural swamp would have behaved like other natural wetlands.
      • Energy behaves and performs in ways and manners that are different from matter, although there might be some similarities.
      • Each gun behaves a little differently depending upon their weight, making it more challenging to aim and change targets.
      • The enzyme behaves quite differently, and that's a real challenge.
      • While the car behaves well on smooth surfaces, take it on less well surfaced roads, and things begin to fall apart.
      • Since this is very hard to effect, a crystal with totally filled bands will behave as an insulator.
      • Now scientists have clues on how a hurricane behaves when the ozone levels are high and low.
      • Investigators also look at how fires behave and how people are affected by them as well as why people start them.
      • Much more striking, however, is how the car behaves in everyday situations.
      • For if we better understand what we are, we might better understand why we behave as we do.
      • It behaves very differently and has required some changes in manufacture.
      • Researchers have discovered that matter at this tiny scale often behaves very differently.
      • He hypothesized that lightning behaved that way because it was just a bunch of electricity.
      • Moist air behaves differently as once it starts rising, the water vapour starts to condense.
      • Some thought that water waves behaved differently from acoustic or other waves, or from pulses along a string.
      Synonyms
      function, go, run, operate, perform
  • 2often in imperative Conduct oneself in accordance with the accepted norms of a society or group.

    循规蹈矩,举止端正

    they were expected to behave themselves

    他们应该行为规矩。

    you can go as long as you behave
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Generally, everybody seemed to be behaving themselves.
    • There he will meet the children of Swindon to take their requests for presents and find out whether they have been behaving themselves throughout the year.
    • It is only because you have admitted the breach of this order at the earliest opportunity and fortunately you were behaving yourself in that pizza take-away that we are not going to send you to prison.
    • Well, you know, he hasn't had a great track record as far as behaving himself in prison.
    • Unlike other demonstrations across the country, these were trouble-free, with students behaving themselves.
    • If the residents attempted to talk to these teenagers they would gain a lot of respect and they would start behaving themselves.
    • ‘People think you should be behaving yourself at 54,’ says Spencer, ‘they think you should have said what you've got to say.’
    • Even if they are behaving themselves I do believe it would still be a nuisance, especially to me and other people to the rear of the pub.
    • (Leia can come too if she behaves herself and controls those sarcastic eyebrows).
    • ‘The vast majority of the passengers were behaving themselves but it was the mindless minority that were responsible for this disorder,’ he said.
    • It is to question whether and to what extent the citizens want to respect other people by behaving themselves.
    • Before, they were very rigid and would go on about people behaving themselves.
    • Both White and his captain, John Smit, said later that the referee had told him, in the seconds before the score, to go and talk to his players about behaving themselves.
    • They are proving to be a great success and the pupils are behaving themselves impeccably.
    • Vandal number three's mum added: ‘All the children he knows have seen they can get caught on CCTV so they are behaving themselves.’
    • She says she'll be behaving herself the night before the game: ‘I will be staying in on the Friday night before the game to rest my voice.’
    • He wound his window down and asked, ‘Are you behaving yourself?’
    • So, what does the electorate do when it finds that their representatives are not behaving themselves?
    • It was originally believed he was on one of his fact finding missions making sure all the kids were behaving themselves but this Santa was on a different crusade.
    • This usually unruly child started behaving himself at school.
    Synonyms
    act correctly, act properly, conduct oneself well, act in a polite way, show good manners, mind one's manners, mind one's ps and qs

Origin

Late Middle English: from be- ‘thoroughly’ + have in the sense ‘have or bear (oneself) in a particular way’.

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