behoove

vt

• ① 【文】理当;应当;必须(★无进行式)
  • It behooves public officials to [Public officials must] do their duty.身为公务员理当尽责。
  • It behooves you [You ought] to be respectful to [toward] your seniors.你应当对长上恭恭敬敬。
  • It ill behooves him [He ought not] to speak thus of his teachers.他不应该这样子说他的老师。