depend

US [dɪˈpend]
UK [dɪ'pend]
  • v.依赖；取决于；信任 (on； upon)；悬挂
  • Web依靠；相信；依靠，指望
Simple Present：depends  Present Participle：depending  Past Tense：depended  

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depend
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Starting salary varies from £26 000 to £30 500, depending on experience.
起薪为 26 000 至 30 500 英镑不等，依个人经验而定。
He either resigned or was sacked, depending on who you talk to.
他或是辞职了，或是被辞退了，这要看你跟谁讲了。
depending on
视乎；决定于according to
Starting salary varies from £26 000 to £30 500, depending on experience.
起薪为 26 000 至 30 500 英镑不等，依个人经验而定。
He either resigned or was sacked, depending on who you talk to.
他或是辞职了，或是被辞退了，这要看你跟谁讲了。
‘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.
我不知道我们能不能帮上忙，一切都得看情况而定。
I might not go. It depends how tired I am.
我不一定去。这要看我累不累。
‘Your job sounds fun.’ ‘It depends what you mean by ‘fun’.’
“你的工作听起来很有乐趣。”“这就要看你说的‘乐趣’是什么意思了。”
I shouldn't be too late. But it depends if the traffic's bad.
我应该不会太迟。不过这取决于交通是否拥挤了。
that depends|it (all) depends
那得看情况used to say that you are not certain about sth because other things have to be considered
‘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.
我不知道我们能不能帮上忙，一切都得看情况而定。
I might not go. It depends how tired I am.
我不一定去。这要看我累不累。
‘Your job sounds fun.’ ‘It depends what you mean by ‘fun’.’
“你的工作听起来很有乐趣。”“这就要看你说的‘乐趣’是什么意思了。”
I shouldn't be too late. But it depends if the traffic's bad.
我应该不会太迟。不过这取决于交通是否拥挤了。

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AllAll,依赖依赖,取决于取决于,悬挂悬挂,依靠依靠,相信相信,依靠，指望依靠，指望
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1.
Strikes over the last 2 months have been a wake-up call for many foreign companies that depend on China's low costs to compete overseas.
近两个月来的罢工事件为多家外企敲醒了警钟：不能再尽情享受中国低廉的人力成本带来的海外竞争优势。
jìn liǎng gè yuè lái de bà gōng shì jiàn wèi duō jiā wài qǐ qiāo xǐng le jǐng zhōng : bù néng zài jìn qíng xiǎng shòu zhōng guó dī lián de rén lì chéng běn dài lái de hǎi wài jìng zhēng yōu shì 。
www.chinadaily.com.cn
2.
But a person's inner quality, especially that of a woman, does not depend on whether she has an appearance of being educated or not.
而人的质地，尤其是女人的质地，却并不在于是不是有外表张显出的所谓文化和所受过的教育。
ér rén de zhì dì , yóu qí shì nǚ rén de zhì dì , què bìng bù zài yú shì bu shì yǒu wài biǎo zhāng xiǎn chū de suǒ wèi wén huà hé suǒ shòu guò de jiào yù 。
www.elanso.com
3.
He said all depend on your luck, and then watched a woman - are in the horizontal direction of the wind Chuiguo.
他说全部都取决你的运气，然后看着女人--风在正横方向吹过。
tā shuō quán bù dōu qǔ jué nǐ de yùn qì , rán hòu kàn zhe nǚ rén -- fēng zài zhèng héng fāng xiàng chuī guò 。
www.elanso.com
4.
To some extent, whether you can get a thing done or not does not depend on your ability, but on how much you want to do it.
从某种程度上说，能否完成一件事不是取决于你有多大的能力，而是你多想。
cóng mǒu zhǒng chéng dù shàng shuō , néng fǒu wán chéng yī jiàn shì bú shì qǔ jué yú nǐ yǒu duō dà de néng lì , ér shì nǐ duō xiǎng 。
zhishi.sohu.com
5.
"If it was to be secret, " said Jane, "say not another word on the subject. You may depend upon my seeking no further. "
“假如是秘密，”吉英说，“那么，就请你再也不要说下往了。你放心，我决不会再追问你。”
" jiǎ rú shì mì mì , " jí yīng shuō , " nà me , jiù qǐng nǐ zài yě bú yào shuō xià wǎng le 。 nǐ fàng xīn , wǒ jué bú huì zài zhuī wèn nǐ 。 "
www.chinabaike.com
6.
Much of that will depend on how much longer the leak continues.
这场劫难到底多大祸害，就看这油漏到什么时候了。
zhè chǎng jié nàn dào dǐ duō dà huò hài , jiù kàn zhè yóu lòu dào shén me shí hou le 。
bbs.fesco.com.cn
7.
Ultimately, the Fed's moves will depend on how incoming data supports the bank's assertion that growth is about to bloom again.
但最终美联储的行动还要看未来经济数据如何支持经济成长将再度繁荣的联储观点。
dàn zuì zhōng měi lián chǔ de xíng dòng hái yào kàn wèi lái jīng jì shù jù rú hé zhī chí jīng jì chéng zhǎng jiāng zài dù fán róng de lián chǔ guān diǎn 。
cn.reuters.com
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Whether or not we decide to work on support for dedicated visual tools for JRuby may all depend on how much demand there is for such tools.
我们要不要专门做一个JRuby的可视化工具可能完全取决于人们对这个工具到底有多大的需求。
wǒ men yào bú yào zhuān mén zuò yī gè JRuby de kě shì huà gōng jù kě néng wán quán qǔ jué yú rén men duì zhè ge gōng jù dào dǐ yǒu duō dà de xū qiú 。
www.infoq.com
9.
This effect did not depend on the age of the volunteers or their own perceived social support or life satisfaction.
而且，两者的相关性不受被调查者的年龄、社会支持感受度和生活满意度的影响。
ér qiě , liǎng zhě de xiāng guān xìng bù shòu bèi diào chá zhě de nián líng 、 shè huì zhī chí gǎn shòu dù hé shēng huó mǎn yì dù de yǐng xiǎng 。
bbs.imelite.com.cn
10.
He doesn't have to keep such trivia in his head, but can depend on the menu to keep it for him, available when he needs it.
他不必在脑海里记住这些琐事，可以在需要使用它时，依靠菜单回忆。
tā bú bì zài nǎo hǎi lǐ jì zhù zhè xiē suǒ shì , kě yǐ zài xū yào shǐ yòng tā shí , yī kào cài dān huí yì 。
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