英语词汇“behoove”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

单词	behoove
释义	be·hoove \bə̇ˈhüv, bē-\ verb or be·hove \-hōv\ (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English behoven from Old English behōfian, from behōf *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : to have need of : require 2. a. : to be morally or ethically necessary for — usually used impersonally < it behooves the archaeologist as a scientist to work objectively — G.W.Brainerd > b. : to be fittng or proper for < 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. : to be worthwhile, advantageous, or profitable for — chiefly used impersonally < it would behoove us to examine our motives > *intransitive verb* 1. : to be necessary, fit, or proper — used especially with it as the subject < it behoved to pass these points swiftly and unobtrusively — John Buchan > 2. now Scotland : to be in duty bound : be obliged < we behoove to rejoice at it — E.B.Ramsay >
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