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单词 hell-bent
释义 hell-bent
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. : stubbornly often recklessly determined : dead set
 < they are hell-bent to cut taxes again before election — New Republic >
 < hell-bent on having his own way >
2. : moving at a reckless speed : going full tilt
 < wonder if every next turn won't be good-bye after … meeting hell-bent trucks — Alfred Powers >
broadly : reckless
 < hell-bent adventure >
3. : moving willfully or speedily on the way to destruction
 < a hell-bent civilization is about to blow its top — Christopher Morley >
II. adverb
also hell-bent for election
: in a hell-bent manner : at full tilt
 < the 15 … mares raced hell-bent for the first turn — G.F.T.Ryall >
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