bent onとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

bent on (comparative more bent on, superlative most bent on)

1. (idiomatic) Completely determined; obstinate.

   He was bent on reaching the end of the book, even if it meant staying up all night.

   • 2021 August 17, Roger Cohen, “For America, and Afghanistan, the Post-9/11 Era Ends Painfully”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     A colossal bipartisan investment of American force, treasure and diplomacy to defeat a hostile ideology bent on the creation of an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has failed.

   • 2025 June 2, Marc Santora, Devon Lum, “In Russia Airfield Attacks, Ukraine Aims for Strategic and Symbolic Blow”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     However, Mr. Ryan and other analysts cautioned that despite the nature of the attacks, they are unlikely to alter the political calculus of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, who remains bent on achieving his war aims.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:obstinate.

参考

• hell-bent

アナグラム

• bonnet

語源

From either 古期英語 bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbɛn.tən/
• 韻: -ɛntən

固有名詞

Benton (countable and uncountable, plural Bentons)

1. A small village in Bratton Fleming parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6536).
2. A neighbourhood in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2768).
3. A local service district and designated place in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A small town in Lowndes County, Alabama.
   2. A city, the county seat of Saline County, Arkansas.
   3. A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
   4. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois.
   5. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Elkhart County, Indiana.
   6. A minor city in Ringgold County, Iowa.
   7. A minor city in Butler County, Kansas.
   8. A home rule city, the county seat of Marshall County, Kentucky.
   9. A town, the parish seat of Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
   10. A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
   11. An unincorporated community in Saline Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
   12. A minor city, the county seat of Scott County, Missouri.
   13. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
   14. A town in Yates County, New York.
   15. An unincorporated community in Texas Township, Crawford County, Ohio.
   16. A township and borough therein, in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
   17. A town, the county seat of Polk County, Tennessee.
   18. A town and village therein, in Lafayette County, Wisconsin.
   19. A number of other townships, entered under Benton Township.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.
6. A male given name transferred from the surname.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Benton is the 912 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 37,912 individuals. Benton is most common among White (69.00%) and Black (24.95%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Benton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 139.

アナグラム

• bonnet