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VERB
彎腰；俯身；彎曲
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...
我俯身親吻了她的臉頰。
Turn the pot if the plants show signs of bending towards the light...
如果花草有向陽性，就把花盆轉一下。
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VERB
低（頭）；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，進門時為了避開門楣稍微低了下頭。
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V-ERG
彎曲（手臂、腿等）；（手臂、腿等）彎曲
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...
這些殘酷的刑具是用來阻止犯人彎腿的。
As you walk faster, you will find the arms bend naturally and more quickly.
走快時，你會發現手臂會自然彎曲，而且頻率會更快。
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VERB
使彎曲；使變彎
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...
把鐵條彎成馬蹄形。
She'd cut a jagged hole in the tin, bending a knife in the process.
她在罐頭上曲里拐彎地劃了個口，其間還弄彎了一把小刀。
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V-ERG
（使）（路、光束等）彎曲
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...
這條路稍微朝右彎。
Glass bends light of different colours by different amounts.
玻璃對不同顏色的光的折射量不同。
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N-COUNT
（路、管道等的）彎曲處，轉彎處
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.
撞車發生在一個急轉彎處。
...an historic town nestling in a bend of the river.
一個坐落在河曲處的歷史名鎮
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VERB
屈從；不情愿地服從
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...
國會不得不屈從于他的意志。
Do you think she's likely to bend on her attitude to Europe?
你認為她會改變對歐洲的態度嗎？
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VERB
曲解，通融，篡改（規則、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.
少數官員準備篡改規則。
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VERB
歪曲（事實）
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.
有時我們會稍微變動一下事實，以免他們知道實情會太痛苦。
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PHRASE
竭盡全力
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.
人們正使出渾身解數取悅顧客。
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PHRASE
使非常惱火；使極為惱怒
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.
你能不能把那壺茶泡好？瞧你坐立不安的樣子，真要把我惹急了。
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PHRASE
做蠢事；干傻事；發瘋
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.
人們以為我瘋了。