Old English beh?s "a vow," perhaps from behatan "to promise" (from be- + hatan "command, call;" see cite) and confused with obsolete hest "command," which may account for the parasitic -t as well as the Middle English shift in meaning to "command, injunction" (late 12c.).
例文
1. In 1970、at his new wife 's behest 、they moved to Southampton.
1970年、彼の新任の妻の要求に応じて、彼らはサウサンプトンに引っ越した。
2.I called the office at the behest of my secretary.
秘書に促され、オフィスに電話した。
3.They arrested him at the King 's behest .
彼らは王の命で彼を逮捕した。
4.The policy document was produced at the behest of John Major and other world leaders.
この政策文書は、ジョン?メイジャーと他国の指導者の意向で作成された。
5.マスター、he will accompany you to the west at Guanyin 's behest .