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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You may depend upon my not mentioning it.
  你放心好了，我不会说出去的。
• You may depend upon her arriving on time.
  你可以相信她会准时到来。
• The fate* Of billions will depend upon you.
  几亿人的命运全靠你们了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。