1 [I] behave well, badly, etc (towards sb) to act in a particular way (行为)表现:
Don't you think that Ellen has been behaving very strangely recently?难道你不觉得埃伦近来举动十分古怪吗?I think you behaved very badly towards your father.我认为你对父亲的态度很恶劣。He behaves as if/though he was the boss.他的样子彷佛他是老板似的。
2 [I,T] behave (yourself) to act in the correct or appropriate way 守规矩;行为检点:
I want you to behave yourselves while we're away.我们外出时,我希望你们守规矩一点。 [OPP] misbehave 反义词为 misbehave
3-behaved (used to form compound adjectives 用于构成复合形容词) behaving in the way mentioned 有某种表现的:
a well-behaved child守规矩的孩子a badly-behaved class不守规矩的一班