be‧have S3 W3 / bɪheɪv / 动词 [不及物动词]

1 [ always + 副词 / 介词 ] to do things that are good, bad, sensible etc 同义词 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 反义词 misbehave :

Will you children please behave!

I hope Nicholas behaved himself at the party.

well-behaved/badly-behaved

a badly-behaved class

3 [ always + 副词 / 介词 ] 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.