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。
• You need to depend upon your own talent.
  你需要依靠你自己的才能。
• 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 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。
• Clients should not be forced to depend upon interfaces that they don't use.
  客户不应该被强迫去依赖于他们不使用的接口。
• Others depend upon me and I need the money.
  别人依靠我活着，而我需要资金。
• The depth and scope of hardware validation will depend upon the complexity of the system and its potential affect on drug quality.
  对硬件的验证的深度和范围将取决于系统的复杂度和对药品质量的潜在影响。
• You may depend upon her arriving on time.
  你可以相信她会准时到来。
• The results depend upon how well you do your job.
  结果将依你的工作作的多好而定。
• 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。