| 单词 | misbehave |
| 释义 | misbehave (once / 6221 pages) v When you misbehave, you do something bad. One way to misbehave would be to stand on the roof of your house and throw water balloons at people walking by. Kids are probably most often said to misbehave, although adults misbehave at least as often. A bank executive, for example, might misbehave by embezzling money, and a politician misbehaves when she lies under oath. The meaning of the word is clear once you know that the prefix mis- means "bad or wrong," from Old English. When you combine it with behave, you get bad behavior. WORD FAMILYmisbehave: misbehaved, misbehaves, misbehaving, misbehavior+/behave: behaved, behaves, behaving, behavior, misbehave/behavior: behaviorism, behaviors/behaviorism: behaviorisms, behaviorist, behavioristic/behaviorist: behaviorists/misbehavior: misbehaviors USAGE EXAMPLESBut not everyone in the public eye generates this reaction when they misbehave. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) Gaming was deemed a privilege Byrne would lose if he misbehaved. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) It requested a pre-emptive pardon that would avert Bergdahl’s court-martial trial on charges of desertion and misbehaving before the enemy that endangered fellow soldiers. Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) v behave badly The children misbehaved all morning Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper misconduct, misdemean behave, comport behave well or properly fall from grace revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior act up, carry onmisbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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