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

• 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。
• You may depend upon his consenting.
  你可以相信他会同意。
• 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。
• You may depend upon her arriving on time.
  你可以相信她会准时到来。
• The rate of growth of GNP will depend upon the rate of growth of aggregate demand
  国民生产总值的增长率将取决于总需求的增长率。
• 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。
• I warn you that you will have pain& When healing and relief depend upon payment.
  如果康复和宽慰要靠付款，我要警告你们：你们将感到痛楚。
• Depend upon it, he will let you down some day.
  等着瞧吧，总有一天他会拆你的台。
• 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。
• 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。