| 单词 | depend on sth / depend upon sth |
| 释义 | depend on sth / depend upon sthphrasal 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。 |
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