| 单词 | to be bent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be bent 19. to be bent: to be intent, determined, resolved. Const. on or upon (to, for, obsolete) an object or action; also (archaic) to do (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > be determined on [verb] willa1387 set1390 to be bentc1400 to stand on?1440 to sit fast upon (something)1565 consist1588 to stick out1837 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > act habitually [verb (intransitive)] > be given or addicted to to be bent1561 the mind > will > wish or inclination > be inclined [verb (intransitive)] inclinea1413 willc1443 please?1467 regard?1542 fantasy1548 depend1586 to be bent1626 point1638 bias1656 to be on1886 c1400 Cov. Myst. (1841) 3 Now be we bent In this pagent the trewthe to telle. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 66 To bring him to be more hedefully bent to make amendes. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 15 And was only bent to make his Kingdom and People happy. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 21 The youth seems obstinately bent on finding you out. 1851 T. De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope in Tait's Edinb. Mag. July 410/1 He is..bent upon confusing us; and I am bent upon preventing him. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 515 Like my fathers, bent to gather fame. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 158 A project on which the King was fully bent. < as lemmas |
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