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Depend Verb Depending Thing Affected Determined Answer 英[Dɪˈpend

单词 depend
音标
英[dɪˈpend] 美[dɪˈpɛnd]
解释
vi.依靠;依赖;信赖;决定于;
例句

VERB
取决(于);有赖(于)
If you say that one thing depends on another, you mean that the first thing will be affected or determined by the second.
例:The cooking time needed depends on the size of the potato...所需的烹饪时间取决于土豆的大小。
例:What happened later would depend on his talk with De Solina...日后之事将有赖于他与德索利纳的谈话结果。

VERB
依靠;依赖
If you depend on someone or something, you need them in order to be able to survive physically, financially, or emotionally.
例:They may hate what he does but their survival depends on him...他们或许讨厌他的营生,但他们要想活下来必须依靠他。
例:He depended on his writing for his income...他靠写作赚取收入。

VERB
指望;信赖
If you can depend on a person, organization, or law, you know that they will support you or help you when you need them.
例:'You can depend on me,' Cross assured him.“你可以信赖我,”克罗斯向他保证。

VERB
视情形而定;看情况
You use depend in expressions such as it depends to indicate that you cannot give a clear answer to a question because the answer will be affected or determined by other factors.
例:'But how long can you stay in the house?' – 'I don't know. It depends.'...“但你能在这所房子里呆多久呢?”——“我不知道,这要看情况。”
例:It all depends on your definition of punk, doesn't it?“这全视乎你对朋克摇滚乐的定义,不是吗?”

PREP-PHRASE
取决于;根据;由…决定
You use depending on when you are saying that something varies according to the circumstances mentioned.
例:I tend to have a different answer, depending on the family...根据家庭的不同,我往往会给出不同的答案。
例:People in the rest of the country celebrated independence even later, depending on when the news of Congress's action reached them.该国其他地区的人们庆祝独立的时间甚至更晚,这要取决于有关国会决定的消息何时传到了他们那里。
变形
third:depends~done:depended~ing:depending~past:depended~

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