bent

1. Bent is the past tense and past participle of . (bend)的過去式和過去分詞

2. ADJ If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape. 弄彎的

The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind. 那些樹全都被風(fēng)吹得東倒西歪的。

3. ADJ If a person is bent, their body has become curved because of old age or disease. 駝背的[書面]

...a bent, frail, old man. ...一個(gè)駝背體弱的老人。

4. ADJ If someone is bent on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it. 執(zhí)意的[v-link ADJ 'on/upon' n/-ing] [表不滿]

He's bent on suicide. 他一心想自殺。

5. ADJ (of goods) stolen (物品)被偷的

6. ADJ crazy; mad 瘋狂的，著迷的

7. ADJ homosexual 同性戀的[英國英語] [侮辱]

8. N-SING If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it. 天賦; 天生的喜好

His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job. 他在自然歷史上的天賦幫他找到了他的第一份工作。

9. N-SING If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs. 傾向

...economists of a socialist bent. ...有社會(huì)主義思想傾向的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家。