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    If you are hell-bent on something, you have set your mind on it and you will not stop — even when other people do not like the plan, and even when it is . The feeling is strong and a little wild.

    If如果 you are hell-bent on something你對某件事hell-bent, you你 have set your mind on it已經下定決心要做, and而且 you will not stop不會停下來 —— even when即使 other people do not like the plan其他人不喜歡這個計畫, and而且 even when即使 it is unwise這樣做並不明智。 The feeling這種感覺 is strong and a little wild很強烈,還帶點瘋狂。

    People say it in informal talk; it sounds rough because of hell, so you would not put it in a careful school essay.

    People人們 say it會在 in informal talk非正式的談話裡說這個字; it它 sounds rough因為裡面有hell這個字 because of hell所以聽起來有點粗, so所以 you would not put it你不會把它用 in a careful school essay在正式的學校作文裡。

    The usual way is hell-bent on plus an -ing verb: hell-bent on winning, hell-bent on leaving. It can also work like an adverb, especially in older, colourful English (he drove hell-bent down the hill), but hell-bent on… is the pattern you will hear most.

    The usual way最常見的用法 is是 hell-bent on plus an -ing verb hell-bent on加一個-ing動詞: hell-bent on winning hell-bent on winning、 hell-bent on leaving hell-bent on leaving。 It它 can also work like an adverb也可以當副詞用, especially in older, colourful English尤其在比較舊、生動的英文裡( he drove hell-bent down the hill他不顧一切地衝下山坡), but不過 hell-bent on… hell-bent on…這個型態 is the pattern you will hear most是你最常會聽到的用法。

    Though actually, this is not about religion; hell here only means “with all the force a person can summon.”

    Though actually不過其實, this is not about religion這跟宗教沒有關係; hell這裡的hell here only means只是意思是 "with all the force a person can summon"「用一個人能拿出的全部力氣」。

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    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成From hell (“with all the strength, speed, or effort a person can summon”) + bent (“determined, insistent”), that is, “determined like hell”.

同家族的字

  • hellhere a strong “very / with all your force”, not the place
  • benthere means determined, as in bent on doing something

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

hell-bentadj/ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/

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    informalRecklessly determined to do or achieve (something).

    • He was hell-bent on coming first, no matter what.
    • If somebody had asked me why I was so hell-bent on grabbing a piece of Penny Hardwick's chest, I wouldn't have known what to say. And if somebody were to ask Penny why she was so hell-bent on stopping me, I'll bet she'd be stumped for an answer too.

hell-bentadv/ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/

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    informalIn a recklessly determined manner; determinedly, wholeheartedly.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。