Depend

[dɪ'pend] or [dɪ'pɛnd]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) be contingent upon (something that is elided); 'That depends'.

安尼塔整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

(v. i.) To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

(v. i.) To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of.

(v. i.) To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.

(v. i.) To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

(v. i.) To impend.

校對:利昂

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Hang, be pendent.

手打:莫林

解釋/意思:

v.i. to hang down: to be sustained by or connected with anything: to be pending: to rely: to rest.—adjs. Depend′able that may be depended on; Depend′ent depending relying on contingent relative.—n. a subordinate: a hanger-on—also Depend′ant.—ns. Depend′ence state of being dependent reliance trust: that on which one depends—also Depend′ance; Depend′ency same as Dependence in the additional sense of a foreign territory dependent on the mother-country a kind of subordinate colony without self-government.—adj. Depend′ing still undetermined.—adv. Depend′ingly.

整理:洛蒂