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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 greatest risk in life is to wait for and depend upon others for your own security.
  生命中最大的风险在于等待和把你自己的安全放在别人的手上。
• You may depend upon her arriving on time.
  你可以相信她会准时到来。
• 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。
• Depend upon it, he will let you down some day.
  等着瞧吧，总有一天他会拆你的台。
• 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。