4ADJ-GRADED (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. (尤指做不好的事情)决意的,下定决心的 [disapproval]
He's bent on suicide. [+ on/upon]
他执意要自杀。
5N-SING 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. 才能;爱好;禀赋
His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job. [+ for]
他选择第一份工作是出自对博物学的热爱。
6N-SING [adjective NOUN]信仰 If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs. 信仰
...economists of a socialist bent.
信仰社会主义的经济学家
7ADJ-GRADED (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. (官员等)不正直的,贪赃枉法的 [British, informal]
...this bent accountant.
这个腐败的会计
8ADJ 同性恋的(可能具冒犯意味) Homosexuals are sometimes described as bent. This use could cause offence. 同性恋的(可能具冒犯意味)
9PHRASE (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. (疼或笑得)弯了腰,直不起腰(美国英语中亦用 bent over double)
He left the courtroom on the first day bent double with stomach pain. [+ with/in]