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VERB
弯腰；俯身；弯曲
When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend .
例句
I bent over and kissed her cheek...
我俯身亲吻了她的脸颊。
Turn the pot if the plants show signs of bending towards the light...
如果花草有向阳性，就把花盆转一下。
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VERB
低（头）；俯（首）
When you bend your head, you move your head forwards and downwards.
例句
Rick appeared, bending his head a little to clear the top of the door.
里克到了，进门时为了避开门楣稍微低了下头。
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V-ERG
弯曲（手臂、腿等）；（手臂、腿等）弯曲
When you bend a part of your body such as your arm or leg, or when it bends, you change its position so that it is no longer straight.
例句
These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs...
这些残酷的刑具是用来阻止犯人弯腿的。
As you walk faster, you will find the arms bend naturally and more quickly.
走快时，你会发现手臂会自然弯曲，而且频率会更快。
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VERB
使弯曲；使变弯
If you bend something that is flat or straight, you use force to make it curved or to put an angle in it.
例句
Bend the bar into a horseshoe...
把铁条弯成马蹄形。
She'd cut a jagged hole in the tin, bending a knife in the process.
她在罐头上曲里拐弯地划了个口，其间还弄弯了一把小刀。
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V-ERG
（使）（路、光束等）弯曲
When a road, beam of light, or other long thin thing bends, or when something bends it, it changes direction to form a curve or angle.
例句
The road bent slightly to the right...
这条路稍微朝右弯。
Glass bends light of different colours by different amounts.
玻璃对不同颜色的光的折射量不同。
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N-COUNT
（路、管道等的）弯曲处，转弯处
A bend in a road, pipe, or other long thin object is a curve or angle in it.
例句
The crash occurred on a sharp bend.
撞车发生在一个急转弯处。
...an historic town nestling in a bend of the river.
一个坐落在河曲处的历史名镇
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VERB
屈从；不情愿地服从
If someone bends to your wishes, they believe or do something different, usually when they do not want to.
例句
Congress has to bend to his will...
国会不得不屈从于他的意志。
Do you think she's likely to bend on her attitude to Europe?
你认为她会改变对欧洲的态度吗？
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VERB
曲解，通融，篡改（规则、法律等）
If you bend rules or laws, you interpret them in a way that allows you to do something they would not normally allow you to do.
例句
A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
少数官员准备篡改规则。
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VERB
歪曲（事实）
If you bend the truth or bend the facts, you say something that is not exactly true.
例句
Sometimes we bend the truth a little in order to spare them the pain of the real facts.
有时我们会稍微变动一下事实，以免他们知道实情会太痛苦。
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PHRASE
竭尽全力
If you say that someone is bending over backwards to be helpful or kind, you are emphasizing that they are trying very hard to be helpful or kind.
例句
People are bending over backwards to please customers.
人们正使出浑身解数取悦顾客。
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PHRASE
使非常恼火；使极为恼怒
If you say that someone or something drives you round the bend, you mean that you dislike them and they annoy or upset you very much.
例句
And can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend.
你能不能把那壶茶泡好？瞧你坐立不安的样子，真要把我惹急了。
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PHRASE
做蠢事；干傻事；发疯
If you say that someone is round the bend, you mean that they do foolish or silly things.
例句
People thought I was round the bend.
人们以为我疯了。