| 词组 | depend |
| 释义 | depend ◊ 'depend on' If you depend on someone or something or depend upon them, you need them in order to survive. At college Julie had seemed to depend on Simon more and more. We in the United Kingdom have depended heavily on coal both for industrial and domestic use. The factories depend upon natural resources. You also use depend on to say that something will only happen if something else is the case. The success of the meeting depends largely on whether the chairman is efficient. ◊ WARNING Depend is never used as an adjective. You do not say, for example, that someone or something is 'depend' on another person or thing. You say that they are dependent on that person or thing. ◊ 'depending on' You use depending on to say that something varies according to particular circumstances. This training takes a variable time, depending on the chosen speciality. There are, depending on the individual, a lot of different approaches. ◊ 'it depends' Sometimes people answer a question by saying 'It depends', rather than 'yes' or 'no'. They usually then explain under what circumstances something might happen or be the case. 'Won't you do any other subjects?' ---'Well, it depends. I don't particularly want to do geology. Astronomy would be quite good, if I'm allowed to do it.' |
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