bent
adj. 弯曲的; 折断的; 驼背的; 不正派的
n. 才能; 爱好
v. 弯腰; (使)弯曲; 屈从; 拐弯; 篡改,歪曲(bend的过去式)
Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend .
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。
If a person is bent, their body has become curved because of old age or disease.
...a bent, frail, old man.
一位孱弱的驼背老人
If someone is bent on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it.
He's bent on suicide.
他执意要自杀。
If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it.
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。
If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs.
...economists of a socialist bent.
信仰社会主义的经济学家
If you say that someone in a position of responsibility is bent, you mean that they are dishonest or do illegal things.
...this bent accountant.
这个腐败的会计
Homosexuals are sometimes described as bent. This use could cause offence.
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.
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。
1. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;
2. grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
3. a special way of doing something;
1. altered from an originally straight condition;
2. fixed in your purpose;
3. used of the back and knees; stooped;
4. used especially of the head or upper back;
5. of metal e.g.;
bent out of shape
(北美,非正式)愤怒的;焦躁不安的
The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.
这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨.
The branch bent but did not break.
那树枝弯曲,但没有折断.
A mind bent on returning is like an arrow.
归心似箭.
The bent strip can straighten up by itself.
这弯曲的金属片自己可以变直.
I bent back too far and hurt my neck.
我向后仰得过度了,扭伤了脖子.