| 单词 | dependon |
| 释义 | depend on/upon sth phrasal verbdepend on/upon sth ♦︎ rest on sth ♦︎ hinge on/upon sth ♦︎ hang on sththese words all mean to be affected or decided by sth.这些词均表示受某事影响或由某事决定。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆it depends (on) / rests on / hinges on what / how / who / where / whether...◆a case depends on / rests on / hinges on sth◆to entirely / solely / largely / mainly / partly / ultimately depend on / rest on sth◆it all depends on / hinges on sth.■ depend on sth-->■ depend upon sth -->phrasal verb (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) to be affected or decided by sth取决于；受⋯影响；视⋯而定◆does the quality of teaching depend on class size?教学质量取决于班级的大小吗？◆it would depend on the circumstances.这要视情况而定。◆we might need more food, depending on how many people turn up.我们可能会需要更多食物，这要视到场的人数而定。ⓘ in informal english, it is quite common to say depend rather than depend on before words like what, how or whether.在非正式英语中，在 what、how 或 whether 前面常用 depend 而非 depend on◆it depends what you mean by 'hostile'.那要看你所说的 hostile 是什么含义。in formal written english, depend should always be followed by on or upon.在正式书面语中，depend 后面总是接 on 或 upon◆it depends on how you define the term 'hostile'.那要看你怎么定义 hostile 这个词。 upon is more formal and less frequent than on. in spoken english you can also say that depends or it (all) depends when you are not certain about sth because other things have to be considered. * upon 比 on 正式但不如 on 常用。在口语中，因要考虑其他因素而对某事不太有把握时，也可以说 that depends 或 it (all) depends◆ (spoken) 'is he coming?' 'that depends. he may not have the time.'“他来吗？”“那要看情况，他不一定有时间。”◆i don't know if we can help－it all depends.我不知道我们能否帮上忙，一切都得视情况而定。■ rest on sth -->phrasal verb (especially written) (especially of a decision, argument or what happens in the future) to be based on sth; to depend on sth（尤指决定、论点或未来的事情）基于；以⋯为基础◆the whole argument rests on a false assumption.整个论证都基于一种错误的假定。◆the case rests on who owned the knife.该案例的处理取决于谁是那把刀的主人。◆europe's political future rests on its economic strength.欧洲的政治前景取决于其经济实力。ⓘ rest on sth is used especially to talk about the reasons for a decision or judgement and whether it is based on true facts. * rest on sth 尤用于说明决定或判断的理由以及是否以事实为基础◆the argument / case / decision / evidence / theory rests on sth.该论点／案例／决定／证据／理论以某事为基础。you can also say that sb/sth's fame, future or hopes rest on sth.也可以说 sb/sth's fame, future or hopes rest on sth （某人／某事物的声誉／前途／希望取决于某事）。■ hinge on sth-->■ hinge upon sth -->phrasal verb (especially written, especially journalism尤用于新闻) (of an action or result) to depend on sth（行动或结果）有赖于，取决于◆everything hinges on the outcome of these talks.一切都取决于这几次会谈的结果。◆his success hinged on how well he did at the interview.他能否成功要看他在面试中的表现。ⓘ hinge on/upon sth is often used when people are talking about results, for example of talks, an election, a debate, a case or a match. * hinge on/upon sth 常用于表达结果，常与 talks、election、debate、case 或 match 等词搭配。■ hang on sth -->phrasal verb(hung, hung) (rather informal) to depend on sth取决于；受⋯影响；视⋯而定◆a lot hangs on this decision.很多事情都有赖于这个决定。ⓘ hang on sth is usually used in the third person, and in the present tense. typical subjects are everything, it all, a lot and sb's reputation. * hang on sth 通常用于第三人称，且用于现在时，主语常为 everything、it all、a lot 和 sb's reputation。 |
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