Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend .
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]折断的;弯曲的;变形的 If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape.
The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind.
树全被风吹弯折断了。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人)驼背的 If a person is bent, their body has become curved because of old age or disease.
[WRITTEN 笔语]
...a bent, frail, old man.
一位孱弱的驼背老人
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](尤指做不好的事情)决意的,下定决心的 If someone is bent on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it.
[v-link ADJ on/upon n/-ing]
[disapproval]
He's bent on suicide.
他执意要自杀。
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[N-SING 单数名词]才能;爱好;禀赋 If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it.
[with supp]
His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job.
他选择第一份工作是出自对博物学的热爱。
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[N-SING 单数名词]信仰 If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs.
[adj N]
...economists of a socialist bent.
信仰社会主义的经济学家
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](官员等)不正直的,贪赃枉法的 If you say that someone in a position of responsibility is bent, you mean that they are dishonest or do illegal things.
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
...this bent accountant.
这个腐败的会计
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[ADJ 形容词]同性恋的(可能具冒犯意味) Homosexuals are sometimes described as bent. This use could cause offence.
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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[PHRASE 短语](疼或笑得)弯了腰,直不起腰(美国英语中亦用 bent over double) If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
[oft PHR with/in n]
He left the courtroom on the first day bent double with stomach pain.
第一天他就因胃痛得直不起腰而离开了法庭。
Oxford
bent★/bent; NAmEbent/
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bend
bentbentsadjective★ _curved_comp.jpg _bent.jpg 1★not straight 弯曲的◆a piece of bent wire一段弯曲的金属丝◆Do this exercise with your knees bent (= not with your legs straight).做这个动作要双膝弯曲。2★(of a person 人)not able to stand up straight, usually as a result of being old or ill/sick (因年老或生病)驼背的,弯腰的◆a small bent old woman一个矮小驼背的老太太◆He was bent doublewith laughter. 他笑弯了腰。3( BrE) ( informal) (of a person in authority 当权者)dishonest 不诚实的;不正派的IDIOMSˈbent on sth/on doing sthdetermined to do sth (usually sth bad) 决心要做,一心想做(通常指坏事)◆She seems bent on making life difficult for me.她似乎专门和我过不去。☞see also
hell-bent
get bent out of ˈshape (about/over sth)( NAmE) ( informal) to become angry, anxious or upset (为某事)生气,焦虑,烦躁◆Don't get bent out of shape about it. It was just a mistake!不要为这事烦恼了,那只是一个错误而已!noun[usually singular ]bent(for sth) a natural skill or interest in sth (某方面的)天赋,爱好◆She has a bent for mathematics.她有数学天赋。bent/bent; NAmEbent/
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bentbent1 /bent/
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the past tense and past participle of bend
bent1
bent2 adjective
bent3 noun
bentbent2 adjective
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1no longer straight: a bent nail Stand with your knees slightly bent. He breathed in deeply, bent double in pain (=with the top part of your body leaning forward towards your legs). a bent old man (=not standing straight)2bent on something completely determined to do something, especially something bad: a crowd of hooligans bent on violencebe bent on doing something They seemed bent on destroying his career. →
hell-bent
3 British English informal financially dishonest and willing to use your official position unfairlyOPP honest: a bent policeman4 British English informal not polite an insulting word meaning homosexual5bent out of shape American English spoken very angry or upsetTHESAURUSbent no longer straight: · The knife was bent in the middle.· a bent nail· She kept her head bent so that Josie couldn’t see her face.twisted having a bent shape that turns around – used especially when something has been damaged or is old and has lost its natural straight shape: · a twisted tree trunk· All that was left was a pile of twisted metal.· His knee was all twisted.· a twisted anklecurved bent in the shape of part of a circle, especially naturally or because something has been made that way: · The bird has a long curved bill.· a curved dagger· The plane’s wings are curved.warped bent or twisted into the wrong shape because of heat or dryness: · warped floorboards· The windows are warped and won’t open anymore.crooked not straight, but bending sharply in one or more places, especially in a way that looks different from normal or does not look right – often used about a part of someone’s body, a path, or a picture: · He had crooked teeth.· her crooked nose and long thin face· The boys at school used to make fun of me because I have a crooked spine.· The picture looks crooked - can you move it up on the left?· a crooked path· the narrow crooked streets of the financial districtwavy having smooth bends in it, usually in a regular pattern – used about hair or lines: · her brown wavy hair· The pictures were separated by a thin wavy line.
bent1
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bentbent3 noun [singular]
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formal special natural skill or interest in a particular areamusical/artistic/literary etc bent readers of a more literary bent
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