misbehave

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++mis·be·have /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ verb [intransitive]   (also misbehave yourself)BEHAVE to behave badly, and cause trouble or annoy people 行为不端；举止不检点 OPP behave George has been misbehaving at school. 乔治最近在学校表现不好。 Students have a tendency to misbehave themselves at exam time. 学生在考试时往往有违纪倾向。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

misbehave• When caught misbehaving a true cat pretends he was doing something else.• Larry and Myesha have been misbehaving all day.• One child was cuffed for misbehaving at a bus stop.• It says a child can not be misbehaving at the same time that he is behaving well.• She went outside to talk to him, threatening all sorts of terrible punishments for anyone who misbehaved in her absence.• We never dared to misbehave in Miss Dill's classes.• The Raiders returned to their old, misbehaving selves, collecting 10 penalties for 90 yards.• As soon as the child stops misbehaving the parent can attend to him or her again.• Kids often misbehave when they are bored or tired.

mis·be·have verbChineseSyllable  

badly, cause trouble and Corpus behave to or

misbehave
mis‧be‧have /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ verb [intransitive](also misbehave yourself) to behave badly, and cause trouble or annoy people
   OPP  behave:
    George has been misbehaving at school.
    Students have a tendency to misbehave themselves at exam time.

mis·be·haveBrE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they misbehave BrE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it misbehaves BrE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvz/ 🔊past simple misbehaved BrE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊past participle misbehaved BrE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊 -ing form misbehaving BrE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] to behave badly 行为不端◆Any child caught misbehaving was made to stand at the front of the class. 调皮捣蛋的孩子要是被当场抓住，都要在全班人前面罚站。🔊🔊◆~ yourself I see the dog has been misbehaving itself again. 我发现这条狗又不乖了。🔊🔊 OPP behave ▸ mis·be·hav·iour (BrE) (NAmE mis·be·hav·ior) BrE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]