behoove
- IPA[bəˈho͞ov]
美式
- it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something; it is incumbent on；it is appropriate or suitable; it befits
verb: behove, 3rd person present: behoves, gerund or present participle: behoving, past tense: behoved, past participle: behoved
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. formal it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something; it is incumbent on it behooves any coach to study his predecessors 同義詞
- ▪ formal it is appropriate or suitable; it befits it ill behooves the opposition constantly to decry the sale of arms to friendly countries
- it is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something: it behoves the House to assure itself that there is no conceivable alternative
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