behave

英 [b?'he?v] 美[b?'hev]

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第三人稱單數:?behaves;過去式:?behaved;過去分詞:?behaved;現在分詞:?behaving;

behave 表現

前綴be-, 強調。have, 持有，舉止。

behave: behave: [15] To ‘behave oneself’ originally meant literally to ‘have oneself in a particular way’ – have being used here in the sense ‘hold’ or ‘comport’. The be- is an intensive prefix. Of particular interest is the way in which the word preserves in aspic the 15th-century pronunciation of have in stressed contexts. For much of its history behave has been used with reference to a person’s bearing and public dignity (‘He was some years a Captain, and behaved himself with great gallantry in several engagements’, Richard Steele, Spectator Number 2, 1711), and the modern connotations of propriety, of ‘goodness’ versus ‘naughtiness’, are a relatively recent, 19th-century development.

The noun behaviour [15] was formed on analogy with the verb from an earlier haviour, a variant of aver ‘possession’ [14], from the nominal use of the Old French verb aveir ‘have’.
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behave (v.): early 15c., from be- intensive prefix + have in sense of "to have or bear (oneself) in a particular way, comport" (compare German sich behaben, French se porter). Cognate Old English compound behabban meant "to contain," and alternatively the modern sense of behave might have evolved from behabban via a notion of "self-restraint." Related: Behaved; behaving.

1. The aim of discipline is to teach children to behave acceptably.: 紀律的目的是教育兒童舉止得體。

2. I'll behave toward them as I would like to be treated.: 我會以希望別人對待我的方式來對待他們。

3. It is shocking that humans can behave with such bestiality towards others.: 令人震驚的是，人竟然能對同類下此毒手。

4. It's incredible that Peter can behave with such stupid lack of feeling.: 彼得行事如此麻木不仁，真是難以置信。

5. Under certain conditions, electrons can behave like waves rather than particles.: 在一定條件下，電子可以作波狀運動，而不是粒子狀運動。