at the behest of

基本解釋

But his arrest at the behest of Serbia will damage its relations with Bosnia.
然而他在塞爾維亞的要求下被逮捕，這將損害塞國(guó)同波黑的關(guān)系。
The tapestry, a tribute to the union of church, state and party, was woven by a church congregation at the behest of their priest.
那幅掛毯，便是獻(xiàn)予這個(gè)政、教、黨一體聯(lián)盟的貢品，一家教會(huì)在其牧師的吩咐下編織了它。
Foxconn sued them personally for libel and secured a court order freezing their assets, backing off only at the behest of Apple and HP.
富士康控告他們誹謗并請(qǐng)求法院凍結(jié)他們的個(gè)人資產(chǎn)，這一訴訟在蘋(píng)果和惠普的要求下被解除。

The essay that you read was produced at the behest of his French publisher. They wanted him to write something that would make people feel better about the book, that would give some account of its origin and give some defense for its publication and its content.
你們所讀到的那篇短文就是在法國(guó)出版商的要求下寫(xiě)的,他們希望他寫(xiě)些什么來(lái)讓人們對(duì)這本書(shū)產(chǎn)生更多的好感,來(lái)交待這本書(shū)的緣起,并且為它的內(nèi)容和它的出版進(jìn)行辯護(hù)。
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