hell-bent

短语
FREQ #27663

a. 固执的, 拼命的

发音

US /ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/
UK /ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/

词形变化

more hell-bent 比较级 most hell-bent 最高级

别名

hellbent hel-bent

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Recklessly determined to do or achieve (something).

    拼命的

    非正式

    He was hell-bent on coming first, no matter what.

adv.
  1. 1.

    In a recklessly determined manner; determinedly, wholeheartedly.

    非正式

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 1

resolute

词源

From hell (“in a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon”) + bent (“determined, insistent”), that is, in the sense “determined like hell”.

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