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bentn.
1. (lit.)extent to which a bow may be bent,i.e. limitof capacity or endurance,intensity,degree of tension（原义）弓弦拉满的限度，满弓，（转指）最大容受力或耐力，强度，紧张程度。
△Tw.2.4.37:“Or thy affection cannot holdthe bent；”i.e. keep the intensity,or hold the direc-tion.(A man who marries a woman older than him-self cannot remain firm in his love.)否则你的爱情不能坚持不变。
△Ado.2.3.242 (223): “It seems her affec-tions have their full bent.”她的感情好像已经涨到最高程度。
2. utmost limit,extreme length; endurance极限，极端程度；（又解）忍耐。
△Ham.3.2.408 (384):“They fool meto the top of my bent.”i.e. They compel me to playthe fool,till I can endure to do it no longer. (Dr.Johnson)他们愚弄我到极点了。(又译：他们把我愚弄到忍无可忍了。)
3. limit of capacity,endeavour 能力的极限，尽力而为。
△Ham.2.2. 30: “And here give up ourselves,in thefull bent，”i.e. to the utmost limit of our capacity. 我们在此都愿鞠躬尽瘁。
4. intention,inclination,tendency意图，意向，倾向。
△Rom.2. 2. 143: “If that thy bent of love behonourable,/Thy purpose marriage,send me wordto-morrow，”如果你的爱情的意图光明正大，你的目的是结婚，明天就给我带一个信。
△Ado. 4.1.188(186):“have thevery bent of honour，”i.e. have a perfect inclinationof honour,i.e. are fully inclined to honour.完全是倾向于正直的，是极其正直的。
5.❶line of sight,glance视线，一瞥。
❷line of fire火线。
△H.Ⅴ.5.2.15:“Your eyes,which hitherto haveborne in them/Against the French,that met them intheir bent,/The fatal balls of murdering basilisks.”你那一双眼睛，在火线上面对法国人时(双关：与法国人视线相对时)，一直像是杀人的大炮待发的两颗致人死命的炮弹。
bentpa. p.
1. inclined,intentioned倾向于，有意于。
△L.L.L.4. 2121 (116): “Which,not to anger bent,is music andsweet fire.”那在不发怒时，却是天乐与星光灿烂。
△2H.Ⅵ.1.3.58 (55):“But all his mind is bent to holiness，”但是他一门心思倾向于宗教虔诚。
△R.Ⅲ. 3. 7. 61 (62):“Di-vinely bent to meditation；”正专心于虔诚的沉思默想。
2. prepared,made ready for action有准备，准备好。
△Lr. 5. 3. 141 (140): “This sword,this arm,and mybest spirits are bent/To prove upon thy heart，”我这把剑、这只臂膀、连同我最大的勇气，就要在你那心口上证实。
△Ham.4.3.48 (45): “and everything is bent / ForEngland.”一切都准备好了立刻到英国去。
3. resolved,determined坚决（的），下决心（的）。
△Mac.3.4.134(133): “for now I am bent to know,/By theworst means,the worst.”因为我现在下决心要用最坏的手段去探明最坏的事。 bent[bent]adj.& n. 弯曲（的），决心（的），兴趣，爱好
◇ be bent in (upon)一心想干… /follow one’s bent 凭…的爱好去办事
have a bent of 爱好
to the top of one’s bent 尽情地
‖ bent-up adj. 弯曲的 |