depend, rely

動詞 depend:

1. be contingent upon (something that is elided)
2. have faith or confidence in
   同義詞：count, bet, look, calculate, reckon

1. A lot will depend on how she responds to the challenge.
   在很大程度上將取決於她對這一難題的反應(yīng)。
2. We are depending on you to finish the paper by Friday.
   我們相信你在星期五之前可以完成這篇論文。
3. The country depends heavily on its tourist trade.
   這個(gè)國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)在很大程度上依靠其旅游業(yè)。
4. Children depend on their parents for food and clothing.
   小孩依賴他們的父母供給衣食。

de.pend

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
de.pend.ed,de.pend.ing,de.pends
To rely, especially for support or maintenance:
依賴：依賴，尤指依靠支持或維持：
例句：
Children must depend on their parents.
孩子們必須依賴他們的父母

To place trust or confidence:
信任，相信：對…信任或相信：
例句：
You can depend on his honesty.See Synonyms at rely
你可以相信他的誠實(shí)參見 rely

To be determined, conditioned, or contingent:
決定于：被…決定、以…為條件或視…而定：
例句：
a grade depending on the results of the final exam.
分級由期終考試的結(jié)果而定

To have a dependence:
有所依靠：
例句：
began to depend more and more on drugs.
開始越來越依賴于毒品

To be pending or undecided, as in a court or legislature.
如在法庭或立法機(jī)關(guān)懸而未決
To hang down:
懸垂：
例句：
.And ever-living Lamps depend in Rows.(Alexander Pope)
.掛成一排的長明燈.(亞歷山大·波普)

來源：
Middle English dependen [to hang down]
中古英語 dependen [懸垂]
from Old French dependre
源自 古法語 dependre
from Latin dôpendôre
源自 拉丁語 dôpendôre
dô- [de-]
dô- [前綴，表.否定，相反.]
pendôre [to hang] * see (s)pen-
pendôre [懸掛] *參見 (s)pen-

Depend, indicating condition or contingency, is always followed byon or upon, as inIt depends on who is in charge. Omission of the preposition is typical of casual speech.
Depend 指條件或可能性， 其后通常跟有on 或者 upon ， 例如這取決于誰是負(fù)責(zé)人 。 在非正式口語中，通常省略介詞