The sailors were bent on having a good time.
The policeman saw some boys near the school after dark and thought they were bent on mischief.
The bus was late, and the driver was bent upon reaching the school on time.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
bent upon — index eager, earnest, insistent, zealous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
be bent upon — index desire, pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bent\ on — • bent (up)on Very decided, determined, or set. The sailors were bent on having a good time. The policeman saw some boys near the school after dark and thought they were bent on mischief. The bus was late, and the driver was bent upon reaching… … Словарь американских идиом
bent — I. /bɛnt / (say bent) adjective 1. curved; crooked: a bent stick; a bent finger. 2. Colloquial dishonest; corrupt: *We d done it all before; the security guard paid off, out the back having a smoke, the bent coppers taking their cut, but this… …
bent on — adjective fixed in your purpose bent on going to the theater dead set against intervening out to win every event • Syn: ↑bent, ↑dead set, ↑out to • Similar to: ↑reso … Useful english dictionary
bent on — or[bent upon] Very decided, determined, or set. * /The sailors were bent on having a good time./ * /The policeman saw some boys near the school after dark and thought they were bent on mischief./ * /The bus was late, and the driver was bent upon… … Dictionary of American idioms
bent on — or[bent upon] Very decided, determined, or set. * /The sailors were bent on having a good time./ * /The policeman saw some boys near the school after dark and thought they were bent on mischief./ * /The bus was late, and the driver was bent upon… … Dictionary of American idioms
Bent — Bent, n. [See {Bend}, n. & v.] 1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. [Obs.] Wilkins. [1913 Webster] 2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bent — Bent, n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush, bent grass; of unknown origin.] 1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. [1913 Webster] His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A grass of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
upon the shun — (old) Bent on evading notice • • • Main Entry: ↑shun … Useful english dictionary
