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Definition of behest in English: behestnoun bɪˈhɛstbəˈhɛst literary A person's orders or command. 〈诗/文〉吩咐，命令 they had assembled at his behest 他们按照他的吩咐聚到了一起。 Example sentencesExamples - Even if people switch their votes from party to party, election by election it does not follow that they do so at the behest of their daily paper.
- He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser.
- The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth.
- To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect.
- 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
OriginOld English behǣs 'a vow', from a Germanic base meaning 'bid'; related to hight. Rhymesabreast, 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 Definition of behest in US English: behestnounbəˈhestbəˈhɛst literary A person's orders or command. 〈诗/文〉吩咐，命令 they had assembled at his behest 他们按照他的吩咐聚到了一起。 the slaughter of the male children at the behest of Herod Example sentencesExamples - Even if people switch their votes from party to party, election by election it does not follow that they do so at the behest of their daily paper.
- The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth.
- He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser.
- To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect.
- 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
OriginOld English behǣs ‘a vow’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘bid’; related to hight. |