bent
verb
uk/bent/us/bent/past simple and past participle ofbend
（bent 的过去式及过去分词）Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- continuous
- dangling participle
- infinitive
- participle
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the present perfect
- the third person
bent
adjective
uk/bent/us/bent/bentadjective(NOT STRAIGHT)
curvedand notstraightorflat:
弯曲的；不直的；不平的Themetalbarswere bent andtwisted.金属棒不直而且扭曲了。
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bowed
- buckle
- buckled
- crook
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- twine
- wring
bentadjective(DISHONEST)
mainlyUKslang
(especiallyof apersonin apositionofauthority)dishonest:
（尤指当权者）不诚实的a bentcopper不诚实的警察
deceiving others and not telling the truth
- dishonestThe press called out the campaign's dishonest tactics.
- untrustworthyHe made the mistake of basing his news story on an untrustworthy source.
- deviousIt was a devious plan - but would it work?
- deceitfulShe's deeply deceitful and not to be trusted.
Dishonest
- artificiality
- bad faith
- be rotten to the coreidiom
- cowboy
- crooked
- dubious
- dubiously
- false
- finagle
- fishy
- knavery
- louche
- low-down
- malfeasance
- mendacious
- sugar-coated
- under false pretencesphrase
- underhand
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
bentadjective(GAY)
UKold-fashionedoffensive
anextremelyoffensiveword todescribeagayperson,especiallyagayman
Idioms
be bent onsomething/doing something
get bent out of shape
bent
noun[S]
uk/bent/us/bent/anaturalskill:
天赋She hasascientificbent/abentforscience.她在理科方面有天赋。
Synonym
knack
Skill, talent and ability
- ability
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- acumen
- adroitness
- chop
- endowment
- forte
- functional skills
- functioning
- genius
- gift
- non-technical
- polish
- prestidigitation
- proficiency
- prowess
- speciality
- wizardry
- workmanship