behaviour /bIˋhevjɚ; bIˈheIvjə/BrE 【英】; behavior AmE 【美】n [U]1 the things that a person or animal does 举止﹐行为: I’m not very pleased with your behaviour. 我对你的表现非常不满意。good/bad behaviour Reward your children for good behaviour. 孩子表现好就要奖励他们。+towards violent behaviour towards police officers 对警官的粗暴行为human/social/sexual etc behaviour normal patterns of human behaviour 正常的人类行为模式 2 technical the things that something in science normally does【术语】〔物质的〕表现方式﹐活动方式: the behaviour of cancer cells 癌细胞的活动方式 —behavioural adj