bent /bɛnt/

• 1. 

  Bent is the past tense and past participle of . (bend)的过去式和过去分词

• 2. 

  ADJ If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape. 弄弯的

  例：

  The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind.

  那些树全都被风吹得东倒西歪的。

• 3. 

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

  例：

  ...a bent, frail, old man.

  ...一个驼背体弱的老人。

• 4. 

  ADJ If someone is bent on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it. 执意的 [v-link ADJ 'on/upon' n/-ing] [表不满]

  例：

  He's bent on suicide.

  他一心想自杀。

• 5. 

  ADJ (of goods) stolen (物品)被偷的

• 6. 

  ADJ crazy; mad 疯狂的，着迷的

• 7. 

  ADJ homosexual 同性恋的 [英国英语] [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. 天赋; 天生的喜好

  例：

  His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job.

  他在自然历史上的天赋帮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. 倾向

  例：

  ...economists of a socialist bent.

  ...有社会主义思想倾向的经济学家。