depend

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15世紀初期進入英語，直接源自中古法語的dependre，意為取決于條件和原因；最初源自古典拉丁語的dependere： de （來自，向下） + pendere （懸著），意為向下懸著。

adj性質的同根詞
dependent：依靠的；從屬的；取決于…的。
dependable：可靠的，可信賴的；可信任的。
adv性質的同根詞
dependably：值得信任地。
n性質的同根詞
dependent：依賴他人者；受贍養(yǎng)者。
dependence：依賴；依靠；信任；信賴。
dependability：可靠性；可信任。
dependance：依賴性（等于dependence）。

depend的基本意思是“吊”“懸”“掛”,作“依賴于”“依靠”解時主要指某種要出現(xiàn)的情況、未知的事實及待作出的決定等有關的事物的不確定性。引申可指信心十足或對某人充分相信。
depend多與on〔upon〕連用,只有當主語是it/that時,才可省略on〔upon〕,且只能接疑問詞從句,其他情況都用作普通不及物動詞。
It all depends或That depends表示“這很難說”“得看情況”。
在口語中,作為開場白或結束語的depend upon〔on〕 it意思是“無須懷疑”“我敢說”,可以看成是省略了you may〔can〕...。

If you say that one thing depends on another, you mean that the first thing will be affected or determined by the second.
If you depend on someone or something, you need them in order to be able to survive physically, financially, or emotionally.
If you can depend on a person, organization, or law, you know that they will support you or help you when you need them.
You use depend in expressions such as it depends to indicate that you cannot give a clear answer to a question because the answer will be affected or determined by other factors.
You use depending on when you are saying that something varies according to the circumstances mentioned.

依賴
The connecting brought out in this thesis make evaluation system not depend on special C4ISR system.
提出的設計思路使得評估系統(tǒng)不依賴于特定的指揮自動化系統(tǒng),有利于平臺設計的獨立性。