depend 英 [dɪˈpend] 　 美 [dɪˈpɛnd]

depend

depend　 英 [dɪˈpend] 美 [dɪˈpɛnd]

vi. 依赖，依靠　

进行时:depending　 过去式:depended　 过去分词:depended　 第三人称单数:depends　

he could depend upon her to deal with the situation.　他可以依靠她来应付这种局面。
Can we depend on you coming in on Sunday?　我们能指望你星期天来参加吗？

  • To depend is to have confidence in something or someone. You can depend on your most loyal friend to show up for your modern dance performance in the park (although you probably can't depend on her liking it).
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  • vi. 依赖，依靠

  • 1. he could depend upon her to deal with the situation.

    他可以依靠她来应付这种局面。

  • 2. Can we depend on you coming in on Sunday?

    我们能指望你星期天来参加吗？

  • 3. I don't know if we can help—it all depends.

    我不知道我们能不能帮上忙，一切都得看情况而定。

  • 4. I might not go. It depends how tired I am.

    我不一定去。这要看我累不累。

  • 5. I don't want to depend too much on my parents.

    我不想过度依靠父母。

  • 6. It would depend on the circumstances.

    这要视情况而定。

  • depend (v.) early 15c., "to be attached to as a condition or cause," a figurative use, from Middle French dependre, literally "to hang from, hang down," from Latin dependere "to hang from, hang down; be dependent on, be derived," from de- "from, down" (see de-) + pendere "to hang, cause to hang; weigh" (from PIE root *(s)pen- "to draw, stretch, spin"). Related: Depended; depending.
de·pend ★ / dɪˈpend ; NAmE dɪˈpend / verb IDIOMS ★ deˈpending on according to 视乎；决定于 ◆ Starting salary varies from £26 000 to £30 500, depending on experience. 起薪为 26 000 至 30 500 英镑不等，依个人经验而定。 ◆ He either resigned or was sacked, depending on who you talk to. 他或是辞职了，或是被辞退了，这要看你跟谁讲了。 ★ that deˈpends | it (all) deˈpends used to say that you are not certain about sth because other things have to be considered 那得看情况 ◆ ‘Is he coming?’ ‘That depends. He may not have the time.’ “他来吗？”“那要看情况。他不一定有时间。” ◆ I don't know if we can help—it all depends. 我不知道我们能不能帮上忙，一切都得看情况而定。 ◆ I might not go. It depends how tired I am. 我不一定去。这要看我累不累。 ◆ ‘Your job sounds fun.’ ‘It depends what you mean by ‘fun’.’ “你的工作听起来很有乐趣。”“这就要看你说的‘乐趣’是什么意思了。” ◆ I shouldn't be too late. But it depends if the traffic's bad. 我应该不会太迟。不过这取决于交通是否拥挤了。 PHRASAL VERBS deˈpend on/upon sb/sth 1 ★ to rely on sb/sth and be able to trust them 依靠；信赖 ◆ He was the sort of person you could depend on. 他这个人你是可以信赖的。 dependsb/sth to do sth ◆ He knew he could depend upon her to deal with the situation. 他知道可以依靠她来应付这种局面。 ☞synonyms at trust 2 ★ to be sure or expect that sth will happen 确信；相信；指望 SYN count on ◆ Depend upon it (= you can be sure)we won't give up. 请相信，我们决不会放弃。 dependsb/sth doing sth ◆ Can we depend on you coming in on Sunday? 我们能指望你星期天来参加吗？ ◆ ( formal) You can depend on his coming in on Sunday. 你放心，他星期天一定来参加。 dependsb/sth to do sth ◆ ( ironic) You can depend on her to be (= she always is)late. 她保准迟到。 ★ deˈpend on/upon sb/sth (for sth) ( not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不用于进行时 ) to need money, help, etc. from sb/sth else for a particular purpose 需要，依靠（提供资金、帮助等） ◆ The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival. 这个社区靠航运业维持生活。 ◆ I don't want to depend too much on my parents. 我不想过度依靠父母。 ★ deˈpend on/upon sth ( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to be affected or decided by sth 受…的影响；由…决定；取决于 ◆ Does the quality of teaching depend on class size? 教学质量取决于每个班的人数吗？ ◆ It would depend on the circumstances. 这要视情况而定。 dependhow, what, etc… ◆ Whether we need more food depends on how many people turn up. 我们是否需要更多的食物，这要视到场人数而定。 GRAMMAR POINT 语法说明 depend on ■ In informal English, it is quite common to say dependrather than depend onbefore words like what, howor whether. 在非正式英语中，在 what、how 或 whether 等词前常用 depend 而非 depend on： ◆ It depends what you mean by ‘hostile’. 那得看你所说的 hostile 的含义。 In formal written English, dependshould always be followed by onor upon. 在正式的书面英语中，depend 后总是跟 on 或 upon： ◆ It depends on how you define the term ‘hostile’. 那得看你怎么定义 hostile 这个词。 Uponis more formal and less frequent than on. *upon 较正式，不如 on 常用。 depend depends depended depending de·pend / dɪˈpend ; NAmE dɪˈpend /
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