depend upon

英 [dɪˈpend əˈpɒn]

美 [dɪˈpend əˈpɑːn]

依赖，依靠（说明）depend on（upon）不用于进行体。; 相信；信赖; 随…而定（说明）depend on（upon）作此解时，不用于被动结构，也不用于进行体。

英英释义

verb

• put trust in with confidence
  1. she is someone you can really rely on when times get rough
  2. you can rely on his discretion
  Synonym:depend onrely onrely upon
• be contingent on
  1. The outcomes rides on the results of the election
  2. Your grade will depends on your homework
  Synonym:depend ondevolve onrideturn onhinge onhinge upon

双语例句

• The degree of a country's civilization does not depend upon the extent of its land;
  一个国家的文明程度和人民的智慧并不取决于其领土的大小和广袤程度。
• Depend upon it-there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before.
  请相信我的话，总有一天，当你增加新知识的时候，你就会把以前所熟习的东西忘了。
• Molecular genetics came to depend upon studies of the structure and function of DNA, RNA and protein.
  分子遗传学的形成仰赖于DNA，RNA和蛋白质的结构与功能的研究成果。
• Thus, employees have an interest in the economic performance of the business because their jobs depend upon it.
  因此，员工关注企业的经济表现因为他们的工作依赖其经济表现。
• The readABC () method does not depend upon any specific database system.
  readABC（）方法不需要依赖任何特定的数据库系统。
• The rate of growth of GNP will depend upon the rate of growth of aggregate demand
  国民生产总值的增长率将取决于总需求的增长率。
• I intend to release all patterning that causes me to allow others to depend upon me.
  我意愿释放让我允许他人来依赖我的所有模式。
• What it will look like will depend upon how Asia faces up to six critical choices.
  经济的面貌如何将取决于亚洲会怎样面对六个关键性的选择。
• You may depend upon my not mentioning it.
  你放心好了，我不会说出去的。
• Others depend upon me and I need the money.
  别人依靠我活着，而我需要资金。