English Dictionary

bend to one's will

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(idiomatic, transitive) To compel someone or something to conform to one's desires.

日本語の意味

誰かや何かを自分の意のままに従わせる / 思い通りに操作する

He tried to bend to one's will those who resisted his demands.

彼は自分の要求に抵抗した者たちを自分の思い通りに従わせようとした。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, transitive) To compel someone or something to conform to one's desires.

Cenci: For Beatrice worse terrors are in store / To bend her to my will. Lucretia: Oh! to what will? / What cruel sufferings more than she has known / Canst thou inflict?

bends to one's will （ present singular third-person ）

bending to one's will （ participle present ）

bent to one's will （ participle past ）

bent to one's will （ past ）