| 单词 | depend on/upon sth |
| 释义 | ● deˈpend on /upon sth 🔑 (not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to be affected or decided by sth 受…的影响；由…决定；取决于◆ Does the quality of teaching depend on class size ? 教学质量取决于每个班的人数吗？◆ It would depend on the circumstances . 这要视情况而定。◆ depend on /upon how , what , etc .… Whether we need more food depends on how many people turn up . 我们是否需要更多的食物，这要视到场人数而定。depend onIn 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 等词前常用 depend 而非 depend on：◆It depends what you mean by 'hostile'.那得看你所说的 hostile 的含义。 In formal written English, depend should always be followed by on or upon.在正式的书面英语中，depend 后总是跟 on 或 upon：◆It depends on how you define the term 'hostile'.那得看你怎么定义 hostile 这个词。Upon is more formal and less frequent than on. * upon 较正式，不如 on 常用。See also depend |
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