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。
• 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 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。
• This will ruin the country, depend upon it.
  请相信，这会败了那个国家。
• 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。
• Convergence and divergence of infinite series depend upon this concept.
  无穷级数的收敛性与发散性与此概念有关。
• 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。
• This will depend upon your current interest rate.
  这将取决于你目前的利率。
• You may depend upon my not mentioning it.
  你放心好了，我不会说出去的。