bend1 /bend/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp bent /bent/) 1 MOVE YOUR BODY[intransitiveI, transitiveT]BEND to move part of your body so that it is not straight or so that you are not upright (使)倾侧;俯身;(使)弯腰 Lee bent and kissed her. 李俯下身来亲她。
Bend your knees, but keep your back straight. 膝盖弯曲,背部保持挺直。
bend over Emma bent over to pick up the coins. 埃玛弯腰去捡硬币。
bend down I bent down to lift the box off the floor. 我弯腰把地上的箱子提起来。
bend towards/across etc He bent towards me and whispered in my ear. 他俯过身来在我耳边低语。
2 [transitiveT]CURVE to push or press something so that it is no longer flat or straight 压弯,弄弯 You need a special tool to bend the steel. 你要用特殊的工具才能把这钢条弄弯。
3 [intransitiveI] to become curved and no longer flat or straight 变弯曲 Several branches started bending towards the ground. 数根枝条开始向地面弯垂。
4 [intransitiveI]BEND when a road bends, it changes direction to form a curve 〔路〕转弯 The road bends sharply to the left. 路向左急转。
5. bend the truth to say something that is not completely true 歪曲事实 6 bend over backwards (to do something) TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try very hard to be helpful 竭尽全力(做某事) We bent over backwards to finish it on time. 我们拼命地干,要把它按时完成。
7. bend somebody’s ear spokenTALK TO somebody to talk to someone, especially for a long time, about something that is worrying you 和某人谈心〔尤指谈令人烦恼的事〕 8 on bended knee a) ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingtrying very hard to persuade someone to do something 恳求地 He begged on bended knee for another chance. 他苦苦哀求再给他一次机会。
b) BENDin a kneeling position 下跪地 He went down on bended knee and asked her to marry him. 他跪下来向她求婚。
9. bend your mind/efforts to something formalATTENTION to give all your energy or attention to one activity, plan etc 集中全力于某事,专心致志于某事bend your mind/efforts to something• But Mrs Totteridge was clearly bending her mind to other things.
10. bend to somebody’s will formal to do what someone else wants, especially when you do not want to 屈服于某人的意愿bend to somebody’s will• The world was bending to my will at last. → bend the rules at rule1(1)