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beseem

/bih-seem/US // bɪˈsim //UK // (bɪˈsiːm) //

争辩,争论,争论不休,争吵

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be fit for or worthy of; become: conduct that beseems a gentleman.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be suitable or fitting.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insuit
Forms: beseeming
Antonyms

Examples

  • Sif has a gallant at home; thou wilt anxious be to find him: thou shalt that arduous work perform; it will beseem thee better.

  • To think and speak of that day with horror doth well beseem the impenitent sinner, but ill the believing saint.

  • Fair knight, said that knight, it would beseem a knight to joust and to fight on horseback.

  • As it would not beseem me as composer to express an opinion of my own work, we will here alone speak of its performance.

  • All this I know; but we have fared so ill in this house that mirth and laughter ill beseem us.