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0即osition benches.反对党议员席那边响起了欢呼声。 —see also back bench, the front bench 4 the bench [sing.] (sport #) the seats where players sit when they are not playing in the game (场的）运动员休息

…区the substitutes’ bench 替补队员席 5 [C] = work­bench: a ca/penter’s bench 木工的工作台

bench-mark /'bentj'maik; NAmE -ma:rk/ noun some­thing which can be measured and used as a standard that other things can be compared with 基准：Tests at the age of seven provide a benchmark against which the chiles progress at school can be measured,

测试为孩子在学校中的学习发展提供了一个测量基准。

'bench press noun an exercise in which you lie on a raised surface with your feet on the floor and raise a weight with both arms 仰卧推举

'bench test noun a test performed on a machine or part before it is sold台架测试（机器或部件出售前进行）

► bench-test verb [VN]

bench-warm-er /'bentXwo:m8(r); NAmE -wo:rm-/ noun {NAmE, informal) a sports player who is not chosen to play in a particular game, but is available if their team needs them (运动队的）板凳队员，替补队员 H771 SUBSTITUTE

bend /bend/ verb, noun

m verb (bent, bent /bent/) *1 [often +adv./prep.] (especially of sb’s bo^y or head羌指人的身体或头細to lean, or make sth lean，in a particular direction (棱）倾斜，偏 向：[V] He bent and fcissed her.他低下1 头吻十她。◊月eWs poppies bending in the wind ——畦 摇摆的||粟◊ His darfc head bent over her.他对她低下他那黑发的立。

◊                  She bent /orward to pick up the newspaper.她弯腰去 捡报纸。◊ SZowZy bend /rom the waist and bring your head down to your fcnees.慢慢弯下腰，把头低垂到膝部。

◊                  [VN] He bent his head and kissed her.他低下头吻 了她。

◊                  She was bent over her desfc writing a Zetter.她正伏案

写信。2 if you bend your arm, leg, etc. or if it bends, you move it so that it is no longer straight (使四肢 等■)弯曲：[VN] Bend your fcnees, keeping your bacfc straight.膝盖杳曲，背部挺直。◊ [V] Lie》at andZet your fcnees bend.平躺曲膝。3 [VN] to force sth that was straight into an angle or a curve 把…弄弯 r 或折起）： Marfc the pipe where you want to bend it.在管子上要弄 弯的地方盛个记号。◊ TTie knives were bent out 〇/shape. 那些刀已经弯曲知形了。◊ He bent the wire into the shape 〇/ a square•他把铁丝折成正方形。4 to change direction to form a curve or an angle; to make sth change direction in this way (使）拐弯，弯曲：[V] 77ie road bent sharps to the right.路向右急转弯D. ◊ [VN] Glass and water both bend 〖ight. & 璃和水都折 。 IT»171 bend sb^ 'ear (about sth) (informal) to talk to sb a lot about sth, especially about a problem that you have向某人唠叨诉说（尤指自己昨难处义bend your 'mind/'efforts to sth (formal) to think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing 致力于某 事；专心致志于 bend the ’truth to say sth that is not completely true 扭曲事理；_ 歪曲事’实"on bended 'knee(s) if you ask for sth on bended knee(s), you ask for it in a very anxious and/or humble way 下跪（请 求...);央求;苦苦哀求一more at backwards, rule n.         1 bend sb to sth (formal) to force or persuade

sb to do what you want or to accept your opinions 迫使；说月K: He manipulates people and tries to bend them to his will (= make them do what he wants). 他能左右民众，让大家跟随他的意志。

■ noun 1 [C] a curve or turn, especially in a road or river (尤指道“或河流的 > 拐弯，备道：a s/iarp bend in the road 道路的急拐弯一see also hairpin bend 2 the bends [pi.) severe pain and difficulty in breathing experienced by a diver who comes back to the surface of the water too quickly (潜水员过快浮出水面造成的） 减压病，潜涵病 IT»TO1 round the bend/twist (informal, especially Br£) crazy 瓶狂' She's gone completely round the ben<i.她完全疯了:。o The children have been driving me round the bend today (= annoying me very much). 孩子们今天快把我气疯了。