【behest】 - A-level备考词汇

behest

UK:  [bɪ'hest]

US:  [bɪ'hest]

复数：behests  

n.

1.命令,谕令,指示

2.紧急指示

3.吩咐

1 . But a report a few months ago indicated that Google may have decided not to include multi-touch support in Android at the behest of Apple.
但是几个月前的一份报告预测Google可能会按照苹果的授意，不在自己的手机产品中包含多点触控技术。

2 . Although there was no official announcement, many believe this was at the behest of the security forces.
尽管没有官方声明，但许多人认为这是应安全部队的要求这么做的。

3 . An intermediary buying American bonds in London at the behest of the Bank of China would not show up in Washington's tallies.
例如，中介根据中国银行的要求在伦敦购买的美国债券将不会出现在华盛顿公布的账单上。

4 . Consumer advocates charge that the GOP is trying to weaken the agency's powers at the behest of the financial-services lobby.
消费者指责共和党按金融服务游说的要求，正在试图剥弱机构的权力。

5 . The provision was inserted into the rescue legislation last week, at the behest of the FDIC, according to people familiar with the matter.
知情人士说，在FDIC的要求下，这一条款上周被加入到救助计划中。