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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• APIs depend upon providing an eminently attractive and usable option for developers to adopt.
  API依靠于为开发者提供一个突出的吸引力和可用的选项，因此才会被开发者采用。
• The fate* Of billions will depend upon you.
  几亿人的命运全靠你们了。
• 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。
• This will ruin the country, depend upon it.
  请相信，这会败了那个国家。
• 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。
• I suppose that would depend upon what you mean.
  我认为问题将取决于你的问题的本意到底是什么。