Translations for „behoves“ in the English » German Dictionary

behove [bɪˈhəʊv], behoove Am [Am bɪˈhu:v] VB trans form dated

it behooves sb to do sth

es [ge]ziemt jdm, etw zu tun old form

it ill behooves us to do nothing

es steht uns schlecht an, untätig zu bleiben veraltend form

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

form hum it ill behoves you to criticize me

es steht dir wirklich nicht zu, mich zu kritisieren

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It behoves a forward-thinking world-class military to rise again to this challenge.

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It, therefore, behoves us as a people to do whatever is necessary to preserve our culture for posterity and prevent it from being extinct.

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It behoves us to be on our guard for this deceptive prankster.

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The lessons learned in blood by our allies in homeland attacks since 9/11 behove us to dispense with business-as-usual approaches.

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So as an industry it behoves us to establish codes of practice and police ourselves.

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Similarly, it behoves us to extend the hand of friendship, to reassure them they live in a caring community that rejects hate speech and policies.

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This does not behove a city with global aspirations.

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It does not behove you to say that an infinite regress of causes is impossible.

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It's because we need this public support that it behoves us to stay in an active struggle to get the balance and mix right.

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It behoves the government to work on their demands.

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