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单词 behaviour
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behaviour
(bɪheɪvjəʳ )
Word forms: behaviours regional note:   in AM, use behavior
1. variable noun B1+
People's or animals' behaviour is the way that they behave. You can refer to a typical and repeated way of behaving as a behaviour.
Make sure that good behaviour is rewarded.
...human sexual behaviour.
These eating patterns are a learned behavior.
2. uncountable noun [with poss]
In science, the behaviour of something is the way that it behaves.
It will be many years before anyone can predict a hurricane's behavior with much accuracy.
3. on o's best behaviour phrase
If someone is on their best behaviour, they are trying very hard to behave well.
Quotations:
Perfect behaviour is born of complete indifferenceCesare PaveseThis Business of Living
Collocations:
affect behaviour
Early neglect appears to affect behaviour most.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Change is rarely easy especially if these changes affect behaviour which has become natural to you over the years.
Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)
Another session will teach boys how their behaviour is affected by the changes in the male brain during adolescence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
alter behaviour
Altering behaviour is not as simple as writing a cheque.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It simply offered a means to change habits and alter behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Borrowing constraints and caution about employment have altered behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
appalling behaviour
Such appalling, scary behaviour cannot continue.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's no excuse for the appalling behaviour of a section of fans.
The Sun (2010)
But their appalling behaviour continued and they have now been evicted from a second home.
The Sun (2016)
behaviour management
Ministers claim that universities' schools of education place too much emphasis on theory rather than practical skills such as behaviour management.
Times, Sunday Times
They have been found, in particular, to lead to improvements in: confidence; behaviour management; innovation; and problem-solving skills.
Times, Sunday Times
Students as young as 16 are paid 5 an hour to take lessons after a short course in behaviour management.
Times, Sunday Times
One teacher can make a significant impact through lively presentation, love of the job, excellence in teaching strategies and outstanding behaviour management.
Times, Sunday Times
There are a range of approaches that can be taken to support her: behaviour therapy; behaviour management; sedation (oral, intravenous, inhalation); general anaesthesia; hypnosis and acupuncture.
Times, Sunday Times
change behaviour
You can use the law to change behaviour.
The Sun (2008)
And new incentives to change behaviour can truly make a difference.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That's an example where a public health policy changed public behaviour and public understanding.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
classroom behaviour
Some independent schools offer twice as much sport as state schools, which may help to explain the generally good classroom behaviour that the former enjoy.
Times, Sunday Times
It added that classroom behaviour had changed, with 'pupils who chatter more and more noisily'.
Times, Sunday Times
Most complained of having to juggle poor classroom behaviour with endless new government initiatives.
Times, Sunday Times
Classroom behaviour and concentration improved substantially, and pupil absences declined by almost half a day a year.
Times, Sunday Times
Any steps to improve classroom behaviour are to be welcomed.
The Sun
condone behaviour
Clearly I'm not going to condone such behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A spokesperson from the group said:' We cannot condone criminal behaviour.'
The Sun (2009)
They should be sacked, along with any bosses who condone this behaviour.
The Sun (2009)
consumer behaviour
It has taken the music industry a while to catch up with changing consumer behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He genuinely understands consumer behaviour and how content is read.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This rapid change in technologies, consumer behaviour and demand means that special skills are needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
control behaviour
There is something inhuman and Orwellian about technological systems designed to control behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Such research reflects a longterm trend away from the idea that particular aspects of human physiology, appearance and behaviour are controlled by just a few genes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
controlling behaviour
She did not like his controlling behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His controlling behaviour is unacceptable.
The Sun (2011)
I didn't think of it as controlling behaviour at the time, but she is quite controlling.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
criminal behaviour
Many of these prisoners were previously assessed by forensic psychiatrists who decided no effective treatment was available to treat what was often regarded as criminal behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Thus the use of selective sentencing to change criminal behaviour was but marginally effective.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
destructive behaviour
The sense of anguish the dog feels can be the cause of some terrible destructive behaviour.
Jan Fennell, Foreword by Monty Roberts THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
These are common issues that can become overwhelming and can also fuel destructive behaviour.
The Sun (2011)
This challenges negative thought patterns and suggests changes to destructive behaviour.
The Sun (2008)
disgusting behaviour
It's pretty disgusting behaviour to do something like this.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One shocked parent said: 'It was disgusting behaviour.'
The Sun (2010)
Crowds - and not just in football - get away with disgusting behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
disruptive behaviour
The colonel also tried to clamp down on disruptive behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The airline said:'We take a zero tolerance approach to disruptive behaviour on all our flights.'
The Sun (2016)
We can also manage the risk of further disruptive behaviour toward staff and other prisoners.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
diva behaviour
She has been accused of diva behaviour before.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Thankfully there was no diva behaviour and he happily posed alongside each fan.
The Sun (2013)
Her mother would not put up with arrogance or diva behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
drunken behaviour
They complain of his drunken behaviour and temper.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is unacceptable for A&E nurses to have to put up with drunken behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Cops argued strict measures were needed to deal with the 20-year-old's drunken behaviour.
The Sun (2010)
eccentric behaviour
He found his wife's eccentric behaviour hugely embarrassing.
The Sun (2014)
The film's comedy is rooted in the eccentric behaviour of its characters.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His increasingly eccentric behaviour sounded alarm bells.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
encourage behaviour
Our government could be doing more to encourage this behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The school said the scheme aims to encourage good behaviour.
The Sun (2011)
She believes eating apart encourages selfish behaviour, and has led to a very selfish society.
The Sun (2012)
erratic behaviour
His composed demeanour at the Old Bailey was in stark contrast to his erratic behaviour during his first court appearances.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The singer also displayed erratic behaviour in the daytime before her death.
The Sun (2012)
They had grown increasingly fed up with her erratic behaviour.
The Sun (2008)
Your erratic behaviour is setting them up for potential future misery.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But cops had to restrain him due to his erratic behaviour.
The Sun (2016)
ethical behaviour
It seems to miss almost everything important about ethical behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
There are no rulings for errant ethical behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
She says that the school's obligatory business, government and society course includes the key tenets of ethical behaviour without actually using the words.
Times, Sunday Times
It says on its website that it expects 'the highest level of ethical behaviour and personal integrity in all our transactions'.
Times, Sunday Times
Much of this turmoil began with the best of intentions: a long overdue focus on ethical behaviour in corporate and public life.
Times,Sunday Times
exemplary behaviour
The children's behaviour was exemplary .
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
On and off the track, his behaviour is exemplary .
The Sun (2008)
Their behaviour is exemplary, anyone is welcome and arrogance just doesn't exist.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
exhibit behaviour
Robins are territorial and known to exhibit aggressive behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
No one should have to apologise for exhibiting a behaviour that is completely natural.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Dogs exhibiting such behaviour usually do so because they are lonely.
The Sun (2016)
extreme behaviour
That's quite extreme behaviour.
The Sun (2015)
Tales of his extreme behaviour on set were once rife.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But his reputation in the ring was overshadowed by his equally extreme behaviour outside of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
future behaviour
Our inability to shake off the past, especially as we grow older, shapes our present and future behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
I hope that the people who run golf give him a public kicking and warn him about his future behaviour.
The Sun
So both sides might separately conclude their investigations with some warnings about future behaviour, allowing for the two tankers to be released.
Times, Sunday Times
Both players can expect hefty fines and warnings about their future behaviour as a result of the astonishing incident in front of 1,000 fans.
The Sun
The 27-year-old was also severely warned as to his future behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
human behaviour
The discovery that violence is a part of the most ancient human behaviour is not particularly surprising.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The extremes of human behaviour held a particular fascination for the Romantics.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
The results tend to support a very different theory of human behaviour from that favoured by classical economists.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
illegal behaviour
A spokesman said: 'We have zero tolerance for unethical or illegal behaviour'.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I am well accustomed to the thoughtless, selfish and illegal behaviour of many drivers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The company's alleged illegal behaviour, the report concluded, did not arouse enough management attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
improve behaviour
It said that staff tried to improve behaviour by offering rewards to inmates who socialised on music and sports projects.
Times, Sunday Times
They should be educating players on how to do things right and to improve behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
We want to raise the bar, we want to improve behaviour.
The Sun
Sticking disaffected 12-year-olds in with the younger ones should prove just the thing to improve behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
The microphone - which needs a manufacturer - could improve behaviour by being used as evidence in disciplinary hearings.
Times, Sunday Times
individual behaviour
So cultural factors can neither be blamed, nor offered as mitigation, for terrible individual behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
He thought, therefore, that they were a good way of looking at individual behaviour before organisations became involved.
Times, Sunday Times
But the sport can never be held responsible for individual behaviour.
The Sun
We do not suggest that treatment should be denied to smokers, or that smoking in the home could or should be banned, or that individual behaviour should be policed.
Times, Sunday Times
The ancient evolutionary game of natural selection has honed individual behaviour which, when scaled up to the level of the flock, facilitates survival.
Times, Sunday Times
influence behaviour
Electrodes on the threads would then read from the brain and influence behaviour.
The Sun
The compliance function will only be successful in the future if it can influence behaviour as well as fulfilling its 'check and challenge' role, he said.
Times, Sunday Times
Any liberal view of the world encompasses the possibility that direct personal interaction with individuals has the potential to influence behaviour, and over time perhaps events, too.
Times, Sunday Times
Until a couple of decades ago it was unacceptable for academics to suggest that anything other than social contexts could influence behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
The colour of the lighting used for video may influence behaviour of the target species.
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irresponsible behaviour
I am angry at this irresponsible behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And we need to get tough on irresponsible behaviour in big business.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Many people think that governments should not bail out bankers for their irresponsible behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
model behaviour
The award on the makeshift mantelpiece gives defiant a one-fingered salute, suggesting inhabitant the isn't afraid to challenge authority and rarely displays model behaviour.
The Sun
He may have the looks, but maybe it's time for some model behaviour.
The Sun
But which one of them will display true model behaviour?
The Sun
Neither touched the issue of a teacher's responsibility to model behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
It's not exactly model behaviour ...
The Sun
modify the behaviour
Arguments are bits of information that you give a function that modify the behaviour of the function.
Times, Sunday Times
Longer sentencing with no parole or release until they have admitted their crimes and been on a course to at least modify their behaviour.
The Sun
Once you've paid for a test you'll gain online access to information relevant to you, and can modify your behaviour accordingly.
The Sun
Strength in numbers would better able you to approach the perpetrators in a reasonable and open manner to ask whether they would be prepared to modify their behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
In the end, people have to grasp the dangers to their own lives before they modify their behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
normal behaviour
I thought my behaviour was perfectly normal .
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
What went on is not normal behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Defiant, secretive, sulky or eccentric behaviour actually is pretty normal .
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
observe behaviour
In the most basic sense, people observe behaviour taking place and then go on to adopt similar behaviour.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Consider how much observed behaviour my hypothesis explains.
Times, Sunday Times
Psychology had developed a set of lofty theories based around fixed personality traits, but he found that these rarely seemed to coincide with observed behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
The scientists described the ability to judge someone based on observed behaviour - rather than their own interactions with that person - as 'social eavesdropping'.
Times, Sunday Times
odd behaviour
Such odd behaviour included 'he pays with cash because he doesn't have a bank card'.
Times, Sunday Times
His odd behaviour attracted the attention of an events officer.
Times, Sunday Times
A gentle story unfolding with kindly observations of people's odd behaviour and understated, but fond, relationships.
Times, Sunday Times
There was no row, no prior warning of odd behaviour — he just seemingly left the checkpoint and walked off into the night.
The Sun
On one of those visits he 'continued this extremely odd behaviour for 45 minutes'.
Times, Sunday Times
outrageous behaviour
There has been some outrageous behaviour from members of the party.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Yet his truly outrageous behaviour goes unchecked by his bosses.
The Sun (2012)
Back then she shocked and amused the nation in equal measure with her outrageous behaviour and staggering lack of general knowledge.
The Sun (2014)
physical behaviour
The concept of play applies to patterns of thought as well as physical behaviour.
Paul Martin MAKING HAPPY PEOPLE (2005)
Unusual patterns of thought and physical behaviour, including repetitive physical movements.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The elucidation of these structures furnishes an explanation to the physical behaviour of guanosine units which display organogelator properties.
Paolo Neviani, Dominique Sarazin, Marc Schmutz, Christian Blanck, Nicolas Giuseppone, Gian Piero Spada 2010, 'Hierarchical Formation of Fibrillar and Lamellar Self-Assemblies from Guanosine-Based Motifs', Journal of Nucleic Acids
problem behaviour
Too much discussion only reinforces her problem behaviour by giving it attention.
Times, Sunday Times
Before the introduction of the perks scheme, teachers were spending 90 per cent of their non-teaching time dealing with problem behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
The solution was better co-operation between schools and social care and health agencies as soon as problem behaviour was identified.
Times, Sunday Times
The treatment would involve cognitive behavioural therapy, which enables a problem behaviour to be understood and self-awareness to be developed through a process that feels non-judgmental and compassionate.
Times, Sunday Times
This was the case for the beneficial effects of early nursery care (increased achievement) and the adverse ones (increased problem behaviour).
Times, Sunday Times
reckless behaviour
Insurers are taking a tougher stance on reckless behaviour, such as skiing in the dark.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We have all witnessed aggressive or reckless behaviour from drivers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He calls on banking boards and shareholders to stamp on reckless behaviour of bosses.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
reinforce behaviour
You need to work on reinforcing good behaviour as much as discouraging bad behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The behaviour is reinforced by the attention that it receives.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If you panic and rush to intervene, you will reinforce the behaviour and make it more likely to happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
responsible behaviour
Young people must practise responsible behaviour on social networking sites.
The Sun
More corporations have been inspired to go green and adopt responsible behaviour while providing a service for their employees.
Times, Sunday Times
It was introduced in 1999 to encourage responsible behaviour by prisoners.
Times, Sunday Times
Business organisations and trade associations could help to reinforce this approach by making responsible behaviour a condition of membership.
Times, Sunday Times
Calls for socially responsible behaviour will not do.
Times, Sunday Times
reward behaviour
Reward good behaviour with praise and a star chart.
The Sun (2014)
Correct behaviour is promptly rewarded .
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
At this early stage, the dog has begun to realise that certain behaviour is rewarded by food while other behaviour is not.
THE DOG LISTENER: Learning the Language of your Best Friend (2002)
risk-taking behaviour
Often it takes a friend or loved one to notice an ailment or perhaps increased risk-taking behaviour, such as drinking.
Times, Sunday Times
Sugary drinks seemed to trigger more risk-taking behaviour than sweets and chocolate.
The Sun
It's one way to head off the sort of risk-taking behaviour that can become antisocial.
Times, Sunday Times
Mangels discovered that audiences responded to his risk-taking behaviour and featured more and more of it in his later films.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Unsurprisingly, scientists - and consumers - associate the brand with 'risk-taking behaviours'.
Times, Sunday Times
risky behaviour
Taking drugs is risky behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Her obviously risky behaviour makes her partly responsible, morally, for what has happened to her.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This is regarded by many lenders as showing risky behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
self-destructive behaviour
Where do you think he has learned his self-destructive behaviour?
The Sun (2014)
The real issue is how you can stop this self-destructive behaviour.
The Sun (2015)
If her stepfather goes on helping her out he is colluding in her self-destructive behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Double poked through my crispy shell at the sadness that had fuelled an adult life full of self-destructive behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It drives him to self-destructive behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
standard of behaviour
I insist that this organisation lives up to the standard of behaviour we expect of others.
Times, Sunday Times
But a useful one, if it persuades governments to get together and work out a standard of behaviour for the global surrogate trade.
Times, Sunday Times
This community had the right to expect a certain standard of behaviour of its members and the members had the right to expect to live in safety.
Times, Sunday Times
The standard of behaviour of some of the nursing staff in our hospitals should certainly be examined in the context of their attitudes to the patients in their care.
Times, Sunday Times
They set a minimum standard of behaviour for those unwilling or unable to regulate themselves.
Times, Sunday Times
strange behaviour
Any strange behaviour can be accounted for by their loss of timing.
The Sun
The strange behaviour in the stadium tipped me over the edge, however.
Times, Sunday Times
You see what lies behind some strange behaviour and how you can help.
The Sun
He plays a patient who turns up with his son in tow - and the pair raise eyebrows with some strange behaviour.
The Sun
Strange behaviour could emerge in response to this law.
Times, Sunday Times
tackle behaviour
Schools have a duty to tackle bad behaviour.
The Sun (2009)
It is essential to tackle criminal behaviour at its roots.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Is the Government doing enough to tackle anti-social behaviour?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
typical behaviour
She failed that too in a blaze of typical behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
Only recently has 'standing', when you know you have edged the ball, become typical behaviour in the first-class game.
Times, Sunday Times
He was drinking at home to block out his thoughts - typical behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
It wouldn't have been typical behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
With perfect economy it conveys the fundamental contradiction within your letter - the dichotomy between the institutionalising of a relationship and the typical behaviour that calls its very essence into question.
Times, Sunday Times
unacceptable behaviour
How can this unacceptable behaviour be policed?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What does each person think is unacceptable behaviour?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
To refuse to accept unacceptable behaviour.
Bethune, Helen Positive Parent Power (1991)
We expect the Albanian side to condemn this kind of unacceptable behaviour.
The Sun (2014)
unruly behaviour
Any unruly behaviour should be reported to members of the security staff.
The Sun (2016)
Unruly behaviour will result in warnings, then written warnings and finally ejection from the club.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But the 17-year-old, whose unruly behaviour has earned her an ASBO, is about to undergo an amazing transformation.
The Sun (2006)
unusual behaviour
This was, it need not be pointed out, unusual behaviour for a case in the high court.
Times, Sunday Times
Plainclothes officers then stand nearby and watch how passengers react to the armed officers, looking out for any indications of nervousness or unusual behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
He has urged locals to watch out for unusual behaviour.
The Sun
We ascertained the reason for this unusual behaviour when we caught sight of her 60 feet below, swimming with her calf.
The Times Literary Supplement
The force also uses the closed-circuit television camera network to search for unusual behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 行为
Japanese: 態度
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