behest

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n. 命令

发音

UK /bɪˈhɛst/
其它
US /bɪˈhɛst/
US /biˈhɛst/
AU /bɪˈhest/
AU /biˈhest/

词形变化

behests 复数 behests behested behesting behests 三单 behesting 现在分词 behested 过去式 behested 过去分词

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.

  2. 2.

    A vow; a promise.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To promise; vow.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

command bid bidding dictation

相关短语

behest loan

词源

From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi, from *bi- (“be-”) + *haisi (“command”), from Proto-Germanic *haisiz, from *haitaną (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English behātan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, behēt (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.

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