behest
美音:
[bı´hest
]英音:
[bı´hest
]n.[诗]命令,吩咐,要求
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behest
/bɪ'hest; bɪ`hɛst/
n (idm 习语) at sb's be`hest (dated or fml 旧或文) on sb's orders 听命; 遵命
*at the king's behest/at the behest of the king 奉谕旨.
behest
n
[Language: Old English;Origin: behAs 'promise', from behatan 'to promise']
at the behest of sb
formal because someone has asked for something or ordered something to happen
The committee was set up at the behest of the president.