behave: may apply to the meeting of a standard of being proper or decorous: ~d very badly throughout the affair.   (proper恰当: 符合本质身份，如proper role of first lady第一夫人的恰当角色)  (decorous得体: 符合社交常规有品味，如a decorous kiss礼貌得体的吻一下)


conduct: implies action or behavior that shows one's capacity to control or direct oneself: ~ed herself with unfailing humor.   (又如，行为准则是COC即code of conduct)


deport: implies behaving in conformity with conventional rules of discipline or propriety: an ingenue who ~s herself in the best tradition.  (conventional discipline常规纪律规矩、常规，propriety礼节是人们自行规定的准则)  ingenue天真少女


comport: suggests conduct measured by what is expected or required of one in a certain class or position: ~ed themselves as the gentlemen they were.


acquit: applies to action under stress that deserves praise or meets expectations: ~ted himself well in his first battle.


behave举止: 表示符合标准，即恰当得体，conduct举止: 显示自我控制和引导能力，deport举止: 符合常规的礼节，comport举止: 符合特定阶层地位所期望要求的，acquit表现: 在压力下不负众望值得表扬

 
记忆方法: 1) 首字母重组成ABCD四项Code准则<==举止   行为和举止的区别是："行为"泛指所有活动，如"行为端正"是评价道德品行，"举止"是行为的外在表现，如"举止得体"是夸人有礼貌有风度。简单说，所有举止都属于行为，但行为不一定都是举止。

        2) 举止的意思是以特定方式做某事mean to act or to cause or allow oneself to do something in a certain way.首字母重组成ABCD四项Code准则<==举止   (decorum, propriety等词在得体decorum-etiquette组)