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bend /bend/► SEE ALLbend sb’s ear (about sth)bend your mind/efforts to sthbend the truth(drive sb/be/go) round the bend/twistbend/lean over backwards to do sthbend/stretch the rules
●bend sb’s ˈear (about sth) (informal) talk to sb a lot about sth, especially about a problem that you have 对某人唠叨诉说（尤指自己的难处）◆Max has been bending my ear all night about his job.
马克斯一晚上都在对我大谈特谈他的工作。●bend your ˈmind/ˈefforts to sth (formal) think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing 专心于某事物；竭尽全力干某事●bend the ˈtruthsay sth that is not completely true 歪曲事实；说的不完全是实话◆In the end he admitted bending the truth. He had written part of the report, but he hadn’t finished it.
最后他承认说的不完全是实话，他的报告是写了一部分，不过还没有完成。●(drive sb/be/go) round the ˈbend/ˈtwist (informal, especially BrE) (make sb/be/become) crazy （使）发疯；惹恼◆I’m going round the twist trying to repair this machine. Nothing I do seems to work.
修这台机器搞得我很恼火，我怎么修似乎都不管用。◆He practises the same tune all day; it drives me round the bend (= annoys me very much).
他整天练习同一个曲子，我都快被逼疯了。●bend/lean over ˈbackwards to do sthtry very hard to help or please sb 尽力做某事；竭力做某事◆I’ve bent over backwards to be nice to her, but she’s pushed me too far now.我尽力去讨好她，可是她现在却欺人太甚。●bend/stretch the ˈrulesallow sb to break the rules to some extent because you think there is a good reason （根据实际情况）变通规则；通融◆We don’t normally employ people over 50, but in your case we’re prepared to bend the rules a little.一般来说我们不雇用 50 岁以上的人，可是对你我们打算稍稍通融一下。 |