单词 | behoove |
释义 | be·hoove or be·hove transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. a. < it behooves the archaeologist as a scientist to work objectively — G.W.Brainerd > b. < he played the piano well, as behooved the son of a musical father > — usually used impersonally < it behooved Punch to fold up his clothes neatly on going to bed — Rudyard Kipling > 3. < it would behoove us to examine our motives > intransitive verb 1. < it behoved to pass these points swiftly and unobtrusively — John Buchan > 2. now Scotland < we behoove to rejoice at it — E.B.Ramsay > |
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