意味: Abenaki

n. アベナキ族, ニューイングランド州北部とケベック州南部のアメリカインディアン; アベナキ語n. アベナキ族のメンバー

Ben イディオム

around the bend

crazy or insane, off your rocker If I had to listen to that noise all the time, I'd go around the bend.

bend over backwards

do anything to help, try to please, go the extra mile They'll bend over backwards to find a room for you. They give excellent service.

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

bend the rules

change the rules to help, look the other way Ed won't accept late reports. He won't bend the rules.

bend your ear

ask you to listen, buttonhole you Carl, can I bend your ear for a minute? I have some news.

bend your elbow

drink beer or liquor, tip a few Your eyes look red and tired. Bend your elbow last night?

benefit of the doubt

(See the benefit of the doubt)

bent out of shape

needlessly worried about something.

fender bender

minor car accident, collision I had a little fender bender with your car, Dad - just a scratch.

give someone the benefit of the doubt

believe someone is innocent rather than guilty when you are not sure I gave him the benefit of the doubt but I still think that he is a liar.

give you the benefit...

(See the benefit of the doubt)

go around the bend

(See around the bend)

hell bent for election

going fast, determined to get somewhere There goes Joe, driving hell bent for election - always in a hurry.

the benefit of the doubt

fair judgement when some of the facts are not known, take your word for it If money is missing, we give you the benefit of the doubt. We assume you didn't take it.

bend

1. a prostitute:"She was more than just a bend" -- Grand Puba
2. see bend ear

bend ear

to bend your ear: to talk incessantly and tediously

bend elbow

to bend your elbow: to have an alcoholic drink

bender

1. an excessive bout of drinking, but more recently also inclusive of a drug taking spree
2. a homosexual. Possibly derived from gender bender, or from being the passive partner, bending over to receive sex, as opposed to being the thruster

benjamin

a one-hundred dollar bill

bent

1. drunk
2. sad:"You got me bent like elbows, amongst other things" -- Outkast (Aliens [???])
3. stolen

bent as a nine bob note

1. positively homosexual
2. crooked, dishonest
a catch-phrase whose original meaning was version 2, but with the onset of 'bent' referring to homosexually has come to be heard more with regard to version 1. In British currency, a bob was a slang expression for a shilling (five pence) but with decimalization in 1971 became obsolete. There was never any such thing as a nine bob note, hence the simile

Benz

1. expensive brand of European car: Mercedes Benz, status symbol: "I used to get no play, now she stays behind me, 'cause I said I had a Benz 190" -- N.W.A. (I ain't the one [1988])
2. (interj) used to acknowledge "Audi", meaning goodbye

Benzi-box

1. a pull out radio
2. a box full of Mercedes Benz emblems that were stolen off the cars

deuce of benders

knees

bend on

set one's mind on； have as a fixed purpose致力于；专注于
He was bent on becoming a musician．他决心当一名音乐家。
Jack used to be bent on chemistry as a profession．杰克曾经专攻化学。

bend on/upon

bend over

1．lean towards俯向
The doctor bent over the sick child．医生弯腰看那生病的孩子。
2．be turned over翻转
Don't bend over the pages．不要卷折书页。

bend upon

beneficial to

helpful to；useful to有益于；有利于（通常后接非生物性名词）
Economic reform is beneficial to the development of our country．经济改革对我国发展有利。
Not all medicines are beneficial to health．不是所有的药都对身体有益。

benefit by

gain advantage， pleasure or profit from从…得到好处；从…受益
I have benefited a lot from the trip．这次旅行使我受益匪浅。
I believe you'll benefit from your further study．我相信你会从这次进修中学到许多东西的。
The patient will benefit by a few day's rest．病人休息几天就会好一些。
He doesn't seem to have benefited by the treatment．这种治疗看来对他没有效。

benefit from

benefit from/by

for the benefit of

for the advantage of为了…利益
The teacher repeated part ofhis previous lecture for the benefit of those who had been absent．教师为了缺课的学生把上次讲的内容的一部分又重讲了一遍。
He was travelling for the benefit of his health．为了身体健康，他出去旅行了。
He told the story for the benefit of the children．他讲那个故事是为了孩子们好。

on the bench

1．sitting in a law court as a judge 当法官；主持审判
Judge Abbot will be on the bench this morning．艾伯特法官今天上午将主持开庭。
2． sitting among the substitute players坐冷板凳；当后备队员
The coach had to keep his star player on the bench with a sprained ankle．教练只好让他那名扭伤了踝骨的主力队员在场外候补。

warm the bench

Idiom(s): warm the bench

Theme: SPORTS

[for a player] to remain out of play during a game—seated on a bench.
• John spent the whole game warming the bench.
• Mary never warms the bench. She plays from the beginning to the end.

on bended knee

Idiom(s): on bended knee

Theme: RESPECT

kneeling, as in supplication. (The verb form is obsolescent and occurs now only in this phrase.)
• Do you expect me to come to you on bended knee and ask you for forgiveness?
• The suitors came on bended knee and begged the attention of the princess.

of benefit

Idiom(s): of benefit (to sb)

Theme: BENEFIT

serving someone well; to the good of someone.
• I can't believe that this proposal is of benefit to anyone.
• Oh, I'm sure it's of benefit.

incumbent upon sb to

Idiom(s): incumbent upon sb to do sth

Theme: NEED

necessary for someone to do something. (Upon can be replaced with on.)
• It's incumbent upon you to do the work.
• It was incumbent on me to make the presentation of the first prize.

hell-bent for leather

Idiom(s): hell-bent for leather

Theme: MOVEMENT

moving or behaving recklessly; riding a horse fast and recklessly. (Informal. Typically found in western movies.)
• They took off after the horse thief, riding hell-bent for leather.
• Here comes the boss. She's not just angry; she's hell-bent for leather.

give sb the benefit of the doubt

Idiom(s): give sb the benefit of the doubt

Theme: FAIRNESS

to make a judgment in someone's favor when the evidence is neither for nor against the person.
• I'm glad the teacher gave me the benefit of the doubt.
• Please, judge. Give me the benefit of the doubt.

get the benefit of the doubt

Idiom(s): get the benefit of the doubt

Theme: FAIRNESS

to receive a judgment in your favor when the evidence is neither for you nor against you.
• I was right between a B and an A. I got the benefit of the doubt—an A.
• I thought I should have had the benefit of the doubt, but the judge made me pay a fine.

feel it beneath one

Idiom(s): feel it beneath one (to do sth)

Theme: PRIDE

to feel that one would be lowering oneself to do something.
• Tom feels it beneath him to scrub the floor.
• Ann feels it beneath her to carry her own luggage.
• I would do it, but I feel it beneath me.

bent on

Idiom(s): bent on doing sth

Theme: DETERMINATION

determined to do something.
• Jane was bent on having her own apartment.
• Her mother was bent on keeping her at home.

bend one's ear

Idiom(s): bend one's ear

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to talk to someone, perhaps annoyingly.
• Tom is over there, bending Jane's ear about something.
• I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bend your ear for an hour.

Bend someone's ear

To bend someone's ear is to talk to someone about something for a long-enough period that it becomes tiresome for the listener.

Benjamin of the family

The Benjamin of the family is the youngest child.

Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined

Things, especially education, that affect and influence us in our childhood shape the kind of adult we turn out to be. (There are various versions of this, like 'As the twig is bent, the tree's inclined' and 'As the twig is bent, so the tree inclines', 'As the twig is bent so is the tree inclined')

Round the bend

If someone has gone round the bend, they have stopped being rational about something. If something drives you round the bend, it irritates you or makes you angry.

bend over backwards for someone

do everything possible to help someone: "She bent over backwards for them when they first arrived in the town."

bench warmer|bench

n., informal A substitute player. Last year Ted was only a bench warmer, but this year he is the team's star pitcher.