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

• Depend upon it, he will let you down some day.
  等着瞧吧，总有一天他会拆你的台。
• The greatest risk in life is to wait for and depend upon others for your own security.
  生命中最大的风险在于等待和把你自己的安全放在别人的手上。
• Your success will largely depend upon what you do and how you do it.
  你能否成功将首要取决于你做什么和怎样做。
• In this model the arrangement of bonds around the central atom is considered to depend upon how many valence-shell electron pairs.
  在这个模型中，认为围绕中心原子的化学键的排列取决于价层中电子对的数量。
• Others depend upon me and I need the money.
  别人依靠我活着，而我需要资金。
• 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。
• 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。
• You may depend upon her arriving on time.
  你可以相信她会准时到来。
• 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。
• The results depend upon how well you do your job.
  结果将依你的工作作的多好而定。