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Rely On/Upon Verb Rɪˈlaɪ Depend   [V Relied N

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/rɪla͟ɪ/
1
[VERB 动词]依赖;依靠 If you rely on someone or something, you need them and depend on them in order to live or work properly.
  [V on/upon n]
  [V on/upon n for n]
  • They relied heavily on the advice of their professional advisers...

    他们非常依赖职业咨询师提供的建议。

  • The Association relies on member subscriptions for most of its income.

    这个协会的收入大部分来自会员的入会费。

2
[VERB 动词]信赖;信任 If you can rely on someone to work well or to behave as you want them to, you can trust them to do this.
  [V on/upon n to-inf]
  [V on/upon n]
  • I know I can rely on you to sort it out...

    我相信你会把它解决好的。

  • The Red Cross are relying on us.

    红十字会信赖我们。


Oxford rely AWL WORD FAMILY rely verb reliable adjective (≠unreliable ) reliably adverb reliability noun (≠unreliability ) reliance noun / rɪˈlaɪ ; NAmE rɪˈlaɪ / verb ( re·lies , rely·ing , re·lied , re·lied ) PHRASAL VERB reˈly on/upon sb/sth 1 to need or depend on sb/sth 依赖;依靠 As babies, we rely entirely on others for food. 在婴儿时期,我们完全依赖别人喂食。 relyto do sth These days we rely heavily on computers to organize our work. 现在,我们在很大程度上依赖电脑来安排我们的工作。 relydoing sth The industry relies on the price of raw materials remaining low. 这一产业靠的是原料便宜,不涨价。 2 to trust or have faith in sb/sth 信任;信赖 You should rely on your own judgement. 你应该相信你自己的判断。 relyto do sth You can rely on me to keep your secret. 你可以相信我一定会为你保守秘密。 He can't be relied on to tell the truth. 不能指望他说真话。 synonyms at
trust
rely relies relied relying
rely / rɪˈlaɪ ; NAmE rɪˈlaɪ /
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relyre‧ly /rɪˈlaɪ/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL verb (past tense and past participle relied, present participle relying, third person singular relies)
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rely on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb1to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to doreliable, reliance:  I knew I could rely on David.rely on somebody/something to do something Many working women rely on relatives to help take care of their children.rely on/upon for Many people now rely on the Internet for news.2to depend on something in order to continue to live or exist:  The company relies heavily on only a few contracts.rely on/upon for They have to rely on the river for their water.
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rely

[rɪˈlaɪ]relied, relying, relies

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relied[1237] relies[1202] relying[2063]
依靠(92%),信任(8%)
vi.依靠;信赖

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