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单词 befit
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Examples of 'befit' in a sentence
befit

They also produced a dreadful performance with their splendid defence the only feature befitting a rugby team.At first the duo live in a manner that befits a pair of wealthy American socialites.As befits a team built on stats, they play the percentages and score about half of their goals from set pieces.Before dusk they had come, galloping boldly up to the hall in the manner befitting conquerors, to demand the surrender of the town.

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befit

British English: befit VERB
If something befits a person or thing, it is suitable or appropriate for them.
They offered him a post befitting his experience.
  • American English: befit
  • Brazilian Portuguese: convir
  • Chinese: 适合
  • European Spanish: acorde a
  • French: convenir à
  • German: sich gehören für
  • Italian: addirsi a
  • Japanese: ~にふさわしい
  • Korean: 적합하다
  • European Portuguese: convir
  • Latin American Spanish: acorde a

(verb) 
Definition
to be appropriate to or suitable for
He writes beautifully, as befits a poet.
Synonyms
be appropriate for
become
Does khaki become you?
suit
I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
be fitting for
be suitable for
be seemly for
behove (US)
I think it behoves us, sir, to get out of here with all speed.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of become
Definition
to suit
Does khaki become you?
Synonyms
suit,
look good on,
fit,
enhance,
flatter,
ornament,
embellish,
grace,
harmonize with,
look right on,
set off
in the sense of behove
Definition
to be necessary or fitting for
I think it behoves us, sir, to get out of here with all speed.
Synonyms
be fitting,
benefit,
be necessary,
be wise,
befit,
be advisable,
be obligatory,
be incumbent upon,
beseem
in the sense of suit
Definition
to be fit or appropriate for
I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.
Synonyms
agree with,
become,
match,
go with,
correspond with,
conform to,
befit,
harmonize with

Nearby words of
befit

  • beetle-browed
  • beetling
  • befall
  • befit
  • befitting
  • befog
  • befool

Synonyms of 'befit'

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