behest
nounWord OriginOld English behǣs ‘a vow’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘bid’.
[singular]Idioms Idioms
at somebody’s behest
- (old use or formal)
because somebody has ordered or requested it 受某人的吩咐(或要求) at the King’s behest/at the behest of the King 奉谕旨。