Question of the Day #869

UK PM says Russia 'bent on full invasion' of Ukraine -BBC

From the headline of this article at The Economic Times.

  上記の文で、bent onの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bent on" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 《be ～》～を決意している
2. 《be ～》～に夢中になっている、～しようと決心している

   

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Very determined to do something, perhaps aggravatingly so.

   

Examples

• She's bent on coming here for the weekend, so we better clean the guest room.
• I'm bent on getting an A on this exam, so I've been studying all week.
• He was bent on quitting his job even though he was making a lot of money.
• They seemed bent on destroying his career.
• They are bent on revenge.

   

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