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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
behave
be‧have S3 W3 /bɪˈheɪv/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [Word Family: noun: BEHAVIOUR/BEHAVIOR, MISBEHAVIOUR/MISBEHAVIOR, BEHAVIOURISM/BEHAVIORISM, BEHAVIOURIST/BEHAVIORIST; verb: ↑behave, ↑misbehave; adverb: BEHAVIOURALLY/BEHAVIORALLY; adjective: BEHAVIOURAL/BEHAVIORAL] [Date: 1400-1500; Origin: have 'to hold or bear (yourself), behave' (14-16 centuries)] 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.
behavehu | | | | | ◎ | [bi'heiv] | ※ | động từ | | ■ | ăn ở, đối xử, cư xử | | ☆ | to behave kindly towards someone | | đối xử tốt với ai | | ■ | chạy (máy móc...) | | ☆ | how is your new watch behaving? | | cái đồng hồ đeo tay mới của anh chạy như thế nào? | | 〆 | to behave oneself | | ✓ | ăn ở (cư xử) cho phải phép | | ☆ | he doesn't know how to behave himself | | hắn chẳng biết cư xử sao cho phải phép |
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