英语词汇“behest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

behest

/bɪˈhɛst

noun literary

A person’s orders or command: they had assembled at his behest...

To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect.
He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser.
The items were sold at the behest of his descendants and fetched much more than the auctioneers had bargained for.

Synonyms

instruction, bidding, request, requirement, wish, desire;

command, order, decree, edict, rule, ruling, directive, direction, charge, will, dictate, demand, insistence, injunction, mandate, precept

informal say-so

rare rescript

Origin

Old English behǣs 'a vow', from a Germanic base meaning 'bid'; related to hight.

单词	behest
释义	behest /bɪˈhɛst / noun literary A person’s orders or command: they had assembled at his behest... To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect. He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser. The items were sold at the behest of his descendants and fetched much more than the auctioneers had bargained for. Synonyms instruction, bidding, request, requirement, wish, desire; command, order, decree, edict, rule, ruling, directive, direction, charge, will, dictate, demand, insistence, injunction, mandate, precept informal say-so rare rescript Origin Old English behǣs 'a vow', from a Germanic base meaning 'bid'; related to hight. Rhymes abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest
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