Hell-bent
a. 固执的, 拼命的
📖 牛津释义
hell-bent
adj [pred 作表语]
~ on sth recklessly determined to do sth 不顾一切而要做某事
He seems hell-bent on drinking himself to death. 他拚命喝酒, 似乎连命都不要了.
🧩 词语组成解析
hell
[hel]
n. 地狱，阴间;训斥;胡闹，见鬼;苦境，罪恶之地;
vi. 过放荡生活;（车辆）急驰，飞驰;
int. 该死;见鬼（表示惊奇、烦恼、厌恶、恼怒、失望等）;
bent
[bɛnt]
adj. 弯曲的;决心的;<英>腐败的;同性恋;
n. 爱好，癖好;[建]排架;剪股颖属草;[植]梗草，荒草地;
v. （使）弯曲，屈身(bend的过去式和过去分词);
🗣️ 情景例句
Oh, really?
噢，真的？
If the beard were all, the goat might preach.
如果有了需就什么都行，那么山羊也可以说教了。
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
姑妈待佣人在当时算是开明的，从来不让佣人每天工作超过8小时，但他们很难使她称心如意。