bend
[bend] verb (bent, bent)
CURVE 弯曲
ESSENTIAL intransitive or transitive
■to (cause to) curve （使）弯曲•I bent down and picked up the coins lying on the road.我弯腰捡起路上的硬币。 •Now, bend forward/over and touch your toes!现在，向前弯腰触摸脚趾。 •Make sure you bend your knees when you're picking up heavy objects.提重物时一定要屈膝。 •The road bends to the left after the first set of traffic lights.过了第一个交通灯号后，道路弯向左侧。 •After her fall she complained that she couldn't bend her leg properly.她摔了一跤之后，说她的腿不能正常弯曲了。 on bended knee
■in a position in which the knee of one leg is touching the floor 单脚跪地•He went down on bended knee to ask her to marry him.他单脚跪地向她求婚。
[bend] verb (bent, bent)
ACCEPT 接受
intransitive
■to unwillingly accept the opinions or decisions of other people 屈服•The local council was forced to bend to public pressure.地方政务委员会被迫屈服于公众的压力。
[bend] verb (bent, bent)
bend sb's ear informal
■to talk too much, especially about a problem 对（某人）唠叨诉苦
[bend] verb (bent, bent)
bend the law/rules
■to change the rules in a way that is considered to be not important or not harmful 改变无关重要的规则，变通，通融•Can't you bend the rules a little? I was only a few minutes late.你就不能稍微变通一下吗？我只不过迟到了几分钟而已。
[bend] noun
CURVE 弯曲
IMPROVER countable
■a curved part of something 弯曲处•There's a bend in the pipe so you can't see from one end to the other.管子是弯的，所以你无法从一端看到另一端。 •The car came round the bend on the wrong side of the road.汽车在拐弯时驶错了方向。
[bend] noun
ILLNESS 疾病
the bends [plural]
■a serious medical condition that divers (= swimmers under water) get when they come up to the surface of the sea too quickly 潜函病，减压病
[bend] noun
drive/send sb round the bend UK informal
■to make someone very bored or very angry 使（某人）烦厌（或生气）•My mother's been driving me round the bend.我妈妈一直让我感到烦厌。 •Staying at home all day was driving her round the bend.整天呆在家里，快把她闷疯了。
[bend] noun
round the bend UK informal
■To be/go round the bend is to be/become mentally confused or unable to act in a reasonable way 发疯，神志不清•If I'd stayed there any longer I'd have gone round the bend.如果还要我留在那鬼地方，我一定会发疯。 |