Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2463
Fully loadedbehave
举止，表现
to act or conduct oneself in a specified way, especially well or properly
常指行为端正或符合规矩
- 1.
To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
表现良好或以某种方式表现；遵从
- 2.
To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
以特定方式行动；与方式副词连用
- 3.
To act in a polite or proper way.
举止得体或合适
守规矩，讲礼貌；表现良好或以某种方式表现；遵从；以特定方式行动；与方式副词连用；举止得体或合适；举止端正
In use
The children behaved well during the long car ride.
Please behave yourself in the library.
He behaved badly at the party and upset everyone.
behave + adv.
副词描述行为方式，常用副词有well, badly, properly等。
The children behaved badly at the party.
孩子们在聚会上表现不好。
behave oneself
及物用法，oneself不可省略，表示‘使某人自己行为规矩’。
Please behave yourself in the museum.
请在博物馆里守规矩。
behave like/as if...
后接名词从句或like短语，描述行为像什么。
He behaves as if he owned the place.
他表现得好像这个地方是他的一样。
Connections
Collocations
- behave well
- 行为规矩；表现好
- The children behaved well during the ceremony.孩子们在典礼上表现很好。
- behave badly
- 表现差；行为不端
- He was punished for behaving badly in class.他因在课堂上表现差而受到惩罚。
- behave yourself
- 放规矩点；好好表现
- If you behave yourself, we can go to the park later.如果你规矩点，我们待会儿可以去公园。
- behave like
- 表现得像……
- Don't behave like a child; you are an adult now.别表现得像个孩子，你现在是成年人了。
- behave appropriately
- 举止得体
- Employees should behave appropriately at all times during work.员工在工作期间应始终保持举止得体。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
behave 中'be'是'是'，'have'是'有'，联想'是要有礼貌'。
Context & Register
中性语域，常见于社交礼仪、行为规范等正式或非正式场景。behave oneself多用于教导或提醒，如‘You should behave yourself’。
Grammar Note
可作及物和不及物动词，及物时常用behave oneself表示‘守规矩’
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with the /-eɪv/ ending rhyme with 'behave'. However, note that 'have' (/hæv/), 'leave' (/liːv/), 'weave' (/wiːv/) look similar but sound different.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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