depend

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈpɛnd/    美 /dɪˈpɛnd/|/di-/|/dɪˈpend/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition intransitive
    — We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.
  2. To trust; to have confidence; to rely. intransitive
    — we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends
  3. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms. literary
    — The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
  4. To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided. archaic
    — a cause depending in court
  5. To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity. transitive
    — There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too.

词形变化

depends present,singular,third-person depending participle,present depended participle,past depended past

词汇关系

衍生词
as if one's life depends on it dependability dependable dependancy dependant dependee dependence dependent depender dependingly depending on depends who's asking interdepend it depends like one's life depended on it undepending where you stand depends on where you sit
相关词
depending

词源

From Middle English dependen, from Old French dependre and Latin dependeō, from Latin dē- + pendeō (“to hang”). In this sense, displaced native Old English hangian (“to hang or depend”).
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