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Word family  noun behaviour/behavior misbehaviour/misbehavior behaviourism/behaviorism behaviourist/behaviorist adjective behavioural/behavioral verb behave misbehave adverb behaviourally/behaviorally

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++be·have /bɪˈheɪv/ ●●● S3 W3 verb [intransitive]  1  [always + adverb/preposition]BEHAVE to do things that are good, bad, sensible etc 表现 SYN act She behaved in a very responsible way. 她表现得很有责任心。behave towards I think he behaved disgracefully towards you. 我觉得他对你太不像话了。behave like grown men behaving like schoolboys 表现得像小学生一样的成年男子behave as if/though He was a little boy, but he behaved as if he was an adult. 他是个小男孩，可表现得跟大人一样。2  (also behave yourself)BEHAVE to not do things that annoy or offend people 举止规矩有礼；检点 OPP misbehave Will you children please behave! 你们这些孩子能不能规矩一点！ I hope Nicholas behaved himself at the party. 我希望尼古拉斯在聚会上规矩一点。well-behaved/badly-behaved a badly-behaved class 不守规矩的班级3  [always + adverb/preposition]DO if something behaves in a particular way, it does those things 作出反应，发生作用 Quantum mechanics is the study of the way atoms behave. 量子力学是研究原子运动的学科。n THESAURUSbehave to do and say things that are good, bad, normal, strange etcHis teacher said he’d been behaving badly at school.I’m not going to talk to her until she starts behaving reasonably.Oh, be quiet! You’re behaving like a two-year-old.act to behave in a particular way, especially in a way that seems unusual, surprising, or annoying to other peopleTina’s been acting very strangely lately.What makes grown people act like that?treat to behave towards someone or deal with someone in a particular wayShe said that he’d treated her really badly throughout their two-year marriage.I’m sick of my parents treating me like a child.conform to behave in the way that most other people in your group or society behaveYoung people sometimes want to rebel and therefore they refuse to conform.Society typically brings pressure on individuals and groups to conform to civilised norms.conduct yourself formal to behave in a particular way, especially in a situation where people will notice and judge the way you behavePublic figures have a duty to conduct themselves responsibly, even in their private lives.By the end of the course, you should be able to conduct yourself with confidence in any meeting.→ See Verb table

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behave• Her kids just don't know how to behave.• Although men provide more menace to the basis of a society, it is women who are instructed in how to behave.• The next time I saw him, Frank behaved as if nothing had happened.• Then a great many of the bar's occupants began to behave as if they had just remembered urgent appointments.• Eventually, the children themselves may begin to understand their own feelings, and why they behave as they do.• How does Sam behave at school?• You behaved bravely in a very difficult situation.• A police spokesman said the demonstrators were well behaved but wet.• If you two don't behave, I'm taking you straight home.• The best way to behave is to act assertively, she said.• Oh, be quiet! You're behaving like a two-year-old.• I'm not going to talk to him until he starts behaving reasonably.• Given that male albatrosses have the same genetic incentives as male elephant seals, why do they behave so differently?• She had behaved very reasonably, she told her husband afterwards.• William was behaving very strangely towards me.• If you behave yourself, I'll let you stay up to watch the movie.• Make sure you behave yourselves when we visit Grandma.behaved in a ... way• As an entity, the United States behaved in the same way.• If they had been in their subordinates' shoes, they would have behaved in the same way.• We can imagine that, if we believed what the Calvinists believed, we would have behaved in the same way.• She behaved in this way ever since the first attempt...• That the respondent has behaved in such a way that the petitioner can not reasonably be expected to live with the respondent.• She behaved in a shocking way towards her.• In return, they have, not surprisingly, behaved in ways which confirmed these perceptions.• Some at least of the leading Romans felt and behaved in a way which seemed to him perfectly understandable and eminently sensible.From Longman Business Dictionarybehavebe‧have /bɪˈheɪv/ verb [intransitive] to act or to do something in a particular wayBoth gold and oil prices behaved exactly as analysts and investors had been predicting.→ See Verb tableOrigin behave (1400-1500) have “to hold or bear (yourself), behave” ((14-16 centuries))

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behave
be‧have S3 W3 /bɪˈheɪv/ verb [intransitive]1. [always + adverb/preposition] to do things that are good, bad, sensible etc
   SYN  act:
    She behaved in a very responsible way.
    behave towards
    I think he behaved disgracefully towards you.
    behave like
    grown men behaving like schoolboys
    behave as if/though
    He was a little boy, but he behaved as if he was an adult.
2. (also behave yourself) to not do things that annoy or offend people
   OPP  misbehave:
    Will you children please behave!
    I hope Nicholas behaved himself at the party.
    well-behaved/badly-behaved
    a badly-behaved class
3. [always + adverb/preposition] if something behaves in a particular way, it does those things:
    Quantum mechanics is the study of the way atoms behave.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ behave to do and say things that are good, bad, normal, strange etc: His teacher said he’d been behaving badly at school. | I’m not going to talk to her until she starts behaving reasonably. | Oh, be quiet! You’re behaving like a two-year-old.
   ▪ act to behave in a particular way, especially in a way that seems unusual, surprising, or annoying to other people: Tina’s been acting very strangely lately. | What makes grown people act like that?
   ▪ treat to behave towards someone or deal with someone in a particular way: She said that he’d treated her really badly throughout their two-year marriage. | I’m sick of my parents treating me like a child.
   ▪ conform to behave in the way that most other people in your group or society behave: Young people sometimes want to rebel and therefore they refuse to conform. | Society typically brings pressure on individuals and groups to conform to civilised norms.
   ▪ conduct yourself formal to behave in a particular way, especially in a situation where people will notice and judge the way you behave: Public figures have a duty to conduct themselves responsibly, even in their private lives. | By the end of the course, you should be able to conduct yourself with confidence in any meeting.

🔑 be·haveBrE /bɪˈheɪv/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈheɪv/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they behave BrE /bɪˈheɪv/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈheɪv/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it behaves BrE /bɪˈheɪvz/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈheɪvz/ 🔊past simple behaved BrE /bɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊past participle behaved BrE /bɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊 -ing form behaving BrE /bɪˈheɪvɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈheɪvɪŋ/ 🔊🔑 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to do things in a particular way 表现 SYN act ◆The doctor behaved very unprofessionally. 那位医生的做法违反职业道德。🔊🔊◆They behaved very badly towards their guests. 他们对客人们很不礼貌。🔊🔊◆He behaved like a true gentleman. 他的行为像个真正的绅士。🔊🔊◆She behaved with great dignity. 她显得很尊贵。🔊🔊◆He behaved as if/though nothing had happened.他显得像是什么都没发生过。◆They behave differently when you're not around. 你不在时他们就是另一副面孔。🔊🔊 HELP In spoken English people often use like instead of as if or as though, especially in NAmE. 英语口语中，尤其是美式英语，常用 like 代替 as if 或 as though◆He behaved like nothing had happened. 他显得像是什么都没发生过。🔊🔊This is not considered correct in written (BrE). 英式英语书面语中，此用法被视为不正确。 🔑 [intransitive, transitive] to do things in a way that people think is correct or polite 表现得体；有礼貌◆Will you kids just behave! 孩子们，规矩点！🔊🔊◆She doesn't know how to behave in public. 她在公共场合举止无措。🔊🔊◆~ yourself I want you to behave yourselves while I'm away. 我不在时你们要乖乖的。🔊🔊 OPP misbehave 🔑 -behaved (in adjectives 构成形容词) behaving in the way mentioned 表现得…的◆well-/badly behaved children表现好／差的孩子 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (specialist) to naturally react, move, etc. in a particular way 作某种自然反应（或变化等）◆a study of how metals behave under pressure对于金属受压反应的研究●ˌbehave/ˌact as if you ˈown the place●think you ˈown the place(disapproving) to behave in a very confident way that annoys other people, for example by telling them what to do （言行）喧宾夺主