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Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend .
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ADJ-GRADED
折斷的；彎曲的；變形的
If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape.
例句
The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind.
樹全被風吹彎折斷了。
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ADJ-GRADED
（人）駝背的
If a person is bent, their body has become curved because of old age or disease.
例句
...a bent, frail, old man.
一位孱弱的駝背老人
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ADJ-GRADED
（尤指做不好的事情）決意的，下定決心的
If someone is bent on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it.
例句
He's bent on suicide.
他執意要自殺。
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N-SING
才能；愛好；稟賦
If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it.
例句
His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job.
他選擇第一份工作是出自對博物學的熱愛。
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N-SING
信仰
If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs.
例句
...economists of a socialist bent.
信仰社會主義的經濟學家
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ADJ-GRADED
（官員等）不正直的，貪贓枉法的
If you say that someone in a position of responsibility is bent, you mean that they are dishonest or do illegal things.
例句
...this bent accountant.
這個腐敗的會計
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ADJ
同性戀的（可能具冒犯意味）
Homosexuals are sometimes described as bent. This use could cause offence.
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PHRASE
（疼或笑得）彎了腰，直不起腰（美國英語中亦用 bent over double）
If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
例句
He left the courtroom on the first day bent double with stomach pain.
第一天他就因胃痛得直不起腰而離開了法庭。