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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，在遥远的华盛顿当局的命令下，这种接近感才似乎削弱了一点儿。
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.
它们无法抵御来自高层阿拉伯政治的攻击：最近半岛台就收声，不再批评沙特，很可能是因为得到卡塔尔王室的命令。
But his arrest at the behest of Serbia will damage its relations with Bosnia.
然而他在塞尔维亚的要求下被逮捕，这将损害塞国同波黑的关系。

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.
你们所读到的那篇短文就是在法国出版商的要求下写的,他们希望他写些什么来让人们对这本书产生更多的好感,来交待这本书的缘起,并且为它的内容和它的出版进行辩护。
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If something is done at someone's behest, it is done because they have ordered or requested it.