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behest

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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.