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Only recently, at the behest of distant authorities in Washington, DC, has this sense of propinquity seemed to weaken.
只是最近，在遙遠的華盛頓當局的命令下，這種接近感才似乎削弱了一點兒。
They are vulnerable to high Arab politics: al-Jazeera has recently been muting its criticism of Saudi Arabia, probably at the behest of the Qatari royal family.
它們無法抵御來自高層阿拉伯政治的攻擊：最近半島臺就收聲，不再批評沙特，很可能是因為得到卡塔爾王室的命令。
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，這將損害塞國同波黑的關系。

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出版商的要求下寫的,他們希望他寫些什么來讓人們對這本書產生更多的好感,來交待這本書的緣起,并且為它的內容和它的出版進行辯護。
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If something is done at someone's behest, it is done because they have ordered or requested it.