behove/behoove 对(某人)来说理应,应当,有必要

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behove
be·hove / biˈhəuv; NAmE biˈhouv / (BrE) (NAmE be·hoove / biˈhuːv / )

verb [VN to  inf]
   it behoves sb to do sth (formal)  it is right or necessary for sb to do sth
   对(某人)来说理应,应当,有必要:
   It behoves us to study these findings carefully.
   我们理应认真研究这些发现


behove

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be∙hove / bɪˈhov ; bɪˈhəʊv /
◙verb [BrE] ; ♦be.hoove / bɪˈhuv ; bɪˈhuːv / [AmE]
1. it behoves sb to do sth, [formal] used to say that someone should do something because it is right or necessary, or it will help them
• 某人理应（有必要）做某事

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 >

behoove

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VERB:To be appropriate or suitable to: become, befit, suit. Archaic : beseem. See AGREE.

be·hoove
(US) ) /bıˈhuːv/ ( or Brit   be·hove /bıˈhoʊv/ verb , -hooves, -hooved, -hoov·ing [  + obj  ]
   formal   : to be necessary or proper for (someone)
   He behaved with dignity, as behooves [=befits] a man of his age.
  ◇ The subject of behoove is usually the pronoun it.
   It behooves a good citizen to obey the law. [=a good citizen should obey the law]
   It ill behooves you to act so rudely. [=you should not act so rudely]