misbehave
verb🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/
🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they misbehave | 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪv/ |
| he / she / it misbehaves | 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvz/ 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvz/ |
| past simple misbehaved | 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvd/ |
| past participle misbehaved | 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvd/ 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvd/ |
| -ing form misbehaving | 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvɪŋ/ |
to behave badly 行为不端 Any child caught misbehaving was made to stand at the front of the class. 调皮捣蛋的孩子要是被当场抓住，都要在全班人前面罚站。 🔊🔊 - misbehave yourself
I see the dog has been misbehaving itself again. 我发现这条狗又不乖了。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMisbehave is used with these nouns as the subject:- child