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bend (obj)bendvpast bent bentto (cause to) curve（使）弯曲I bent down and picked up the gold necklace lying on the road. [I]我弯下腰捡起地上的金项链。Now, bend forward/over and touch your toes! [I]现在，朝前弯腰碰到脚趾。Make sure you bend your knees and keep your back straight when you're picking up heavy objects. [T]搬重物时务必屈膝直背。The trees were bending in the wind. [I]树被风吹弯了腰。The road bends to the left after the first set of traffic lights. [I]路在第一个交通信号灯处向左拐弯。After her fall she complained that she couldn't bend her leg properly. [T]她跌倒之后说她的腿不能正常弯曲了。I dropped the fork and bent it. [T]我把叉子掉在地上，结果摔弯了。(fig.) The local council was forced to bend to public pressure (= it had to change a course of action because of general opinion). [I]当地议会在公众压力下被迫屈服。(infml) To bend someone's ear is to talk too much, esp. about problems.唠叨，反复诉苦He's a real nuisance, he's always trying to bend my ear about the difficulties he has at work.他真烦人，老是向我诉说工作中遇到的困难。To bend the law/rules is to break the rules in way that is considered to be unimportant or not harmful.改变无关紧要的规矩，变通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----我不过迟到了几分钟而已?He was bent double (= bending forward) because he was laughing so much.他笑弯了腰。[BENT]
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