behove

vt. 理应, 应该 vi. 理所当然

发音

UK /bɪˈhəʊv/
其它
US /biˈhoʊv/

词形变化

behoved behoven behoves 三单 behoves behoveth behoving behoving 现在分词 behoved 过去式 behoved 过去分词 behoven 过去式 behoven 过去分词

别名

behoove

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To befit, to suit.

    正式 及物
  2. 2.

    To be necessary for (someone).

    正式 及物
  3. 3.

    To be in the best interest of; to benefit.

    正式 及物
  4. 4.

    To be needful, meet or becoming.

    正式 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

behoove

上位词 9

take need ask demand require involve postulate call for necessitate

词源

From Middle English behoven, bihoven (“to be necessary, requisite; to be compelled or required (to do something)”), from Old English behōfian (“to need; to be necessary”), from Proto-Germanic *bihōfōną (“to benefit, behove, need”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grab, seize”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian bihōvia (“to need”), Middle Low German behôven (“to need”) and Old Saxon *bihōvōn, Dutch behoeven (“to need”), obsolete German behufen (cf. Behuf), Danish behøve (“to need”), Norwegian behøve (“to need”), Swedish behöva (“to have use for, to need”).

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