| 釋義 |
bentn.
1. (lit.)extent to which a bow may be bent,i.e. limitof capacity or endurance,intensity,degree of tension（原義）弓弦拉滿的限度，滿弓，（轉(zhuǎn)指）最大容受力或耐力，強(qiáng)度，緊張程度。
△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.)否則你的愛情不能堅(jiān)持不變。
△Ado.2.3.242 (223): “It seems her affec-tions have their full bent.”她的感情好像已經(jīng)漲到最高程度。
2. utmost limit,extreme length; endurance極限，極端程度；（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)他們愚弄我到極點(diǎn)了。(又譯：他們把我愚弄到忍無可忍了。)
3. limit of capacity,endeavour 能力的極限，盡力而為。
△Ham.2.2. 30: “And here give up ourselves,in thefull bent，”i.e. to the utmost limit of our capacity. 我們在此都愿鞠躬盡瘁。
4. intention,inclination,tendency意圖，意向，傾向。
△Rom.2. 2. 143: “If that thy bent of love behonourable,/Thy purpose marriage,send me wordto-morrow，”如果你的愛情的意圖光明正大，你的目的是結(jié)婚，明天就給我?guī)б粋€(gè)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.完全是傾向于正直的，是極其正直的。
5.?line of sight,glance視線，一瞥。
?line of fire火線。
△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.”你那一雙眼睛，在火線上面對法國人時(shí)(雙關(guān)：與法國人視線相對時(shí))，一直像是殺人的大炮待發(fā)的兩顆致人死命的炮彈。
bentpa. p.
1. inclined,intentioned傾向于，有意于。
△L.L.L.4. 2121 (116): “Which,not to anger bent,is music andsweet fire.”那在不發(fā)怒時(shí)，卻是天樂與星光燦爛。
△2H.Ⅵ.1.3.58 (55):“But all his mind is bent to holiness，”但是他一門心思傾向于宗教虔誠。
△R.Ⅲ. 3. 7. 61 (62):“Di-vinely bent to meditation；”正專心于虔誠的沉思默想。
2. prepared,made ready for action有準(zhǔn)備，準(zhǔn)備好。
△Lr. 5. 3. 141 (140): “This sword,this arm,and mybest spirits are bent/To prove upon thy heart，”我這把劍、這只臂膀、連同我最大的勇氣，就要在你那心口上證實(shí)。
△Ham.4.3.48 (45): “and everything is bent / ForEngland.”一切都準(zhǔn)備好了立刻到英國去。
3. resolved,determined堅(jiān)決（的），下決心（的）。
△Mac.3.4.134(133): “for now I am bent to know,/By theworst means,the worst.”因?yàn)槲椰F(xiàn)在下決心要用最壞的手段去探明最壞的事。 bent[bent]adj.& n. 彎曲（的），決心（的），興趣，愛好
◇ be bent in (upon)一心想干… /follow one’s bent 憑…的愛好去辦事
have a bent of 愛好
to the top of one’s bent 盡情地
‖ bent-up adj. 彎曲的 |