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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

bent [bεnt]
  1. 1. bend的过去式和过去分词
  2. 2. noun (inclination) 天赋
  3. 3. adjective [+wire, pipe] 弯曲的
  4. 4. adjective [BRIT] [inf] (dishonest) 贪污受贿的
    to be bent on (doing) sth
    决心做某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bent [bεnt] [bent]
  1. 1. bend1的过去式和过去分词
    He bent his steps from the path.
    他从小巷那儿转了弯。
    The mother bent at the knees to pick up her baby.
    母亲屈膝抱起孩子。
  2. 2. adjective 弯曲的，弯的
  3. 3. adjective 一心的；决心的（与on连用）
    He was bent on success.
    他一心想取得成功。
    She is bent on going.
    她一心想去。
  4. 4. adjective 向…方向去，朝向
    travelers westward bent
    往西去的旅行者
  5. 5. noun 倾向；趋向
  6. 6. noun 爱好；癖好；嗜好
    a bent for music
    爱好音乐
    a criminal bent
    不光彩的嗜好
  7. 7. noun [architecture] 横向构架
  8. 8. adjective [slang] 喝醉酒的，或毒品麻醉的
  9. 9. adjective [slang] 不诚实的；不老实的
  10. 10. adjective [slang] 生气的

Collins English-English Dictionary

bent [bεnt]
  1. 1. adj not straight; curved
  2. 2. adj [foll by on] fixed (on a course of action); resolved (to); determined (to)
  3. 3. adj [slang] dishonest; corrupt
  4. 4. adj (of goods) stolen
  5. 5. adj crazy; mad
  6. 6. adj [Brit ] [offensive] homosexual
  7. 7. n personal inclination, propensity, or aptitude
  8. 8. n capacity of endurance (esp in the phrase to the top of one's bent)
  9. 9. n [civil engineering] a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it
bent [bεnt]
  1. 1. n short for bent grass
  2. 2. n a stalk of bent grass
  3. 3. n [archaic] any stiff grass or sedge
  4. 4. n [Scot and Northern English] [dialect] heath or moorland
  5. 5. n [Etymology] Old English bionot; related to Old Saxon binet, Old High German binuz rush
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Examples

He bent his steps from the path.
他从小巷那儿转了弯。 → bend
He was bent on success.
他一心想取得成功。 → bend
He bent to her wishes.
他屈从于她的愿望。 → bend
She is bent on going.
她一心想去。 → bent
travelers westward bent
往西去的旅行者 → bent
a bent for music
爱好音乐 → bent
a criminal bent
不光彩的嗜好 → bent
The mother bent at the knees to pick up her baby.
母亲屈膝抱起孩子。 → bent
to be bent on (doing) sth
决心做某事 → bent
处心积虑地破坏革命队伍的团结
be bent on undermining the unity of the revolutionary ranks → 处心积虑
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