behave

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #2787 ★★★☆☆

vi. 举止端正, 行为规矩 vt. 检点(自己的)行为, 使表现好

发音

UK /bɪˈheɪv/
UK /biːˈheɪv/
US /bɪˈheɪv/
US /bi-/
US /bə-/

词形变化

behaved behavedst behaves 三单 behaves behaveth behaving behaving 现在分词 behaved 过去式 behaved 过去分词 behavest behavedst 过去式 behaveth 三单 behaved 复数

教材释义与例句

动词

表现;(机器等)运转;举止端正;(事物)起某种作用

to do things that are good, bad, sensible etc

动词

使守规矩;使表现得…

She behaved in a very responsible way .

她表现得很有责任心。

释义与例句

v. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.

    You need to behave yourself, young lady.

  2. 2.

    To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.

    为人

    不及物

    He behaves like a child whenever she's around.

    How did the students behave while I was gone?

    My laptop has been behaving erratically ever since you borrowed it.

  3. 3.

    To conduct, manage, regulate (something).

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To act in a polite or proper way.

    做人

    举动

    不及物

    His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't behave.

词汇关系

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven English behave From Middle English behaven, bihabben (“to restrain, behave”), from Old English behabban (“to surround, embrace, hold, contain, hold back, withhold, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan, equivalent to be- + have. Cognate with Middle Low German behebben, behāven (“to receive, acquire, reach, keep”), Low German behebben (“to act, behave”), German behaben (“to behave”).

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