| 词汇 | depend on |
| 释义 | phrasal verb He was the sort of person you could depend on. 他是你可以信赖的人。 depend on/upon somebody/something to do something 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。 Depend upon it (= you can be sure) we won't give up. 请相信，我们决不会放弃。 depend on/upon somebody/something doing something 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。 (ironic) You can depend on her to be (= she always is) late. 她保准迟到。 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。 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。 depend on/upon how, 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。 It depends what you mean by ‘hostile’.那得看你所说的 hostile 的含义。 It depends on how you define the term ‘hostile’.那得看你怎么定义 hostile 这个词。 |
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