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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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