Children depend on their parents for food and clothing.
小孩依赖他们的父母供给衣食。
He is a man whom you can depend on.
他是个你可以信赖的人。
The country depends heavily on its tourist trade.
这个国家的经济在很大程度上依靠其旅游业。
I have no one but you to depend on.
除了你，我没有可依靠的人。
Everything depends on whether you pass the examination.
一手取决于你能否通过考试。
Starting salary varies from 'u00a326 000 to 'u00a330 500, depending on experience.
起薪为26 000至30 500英镑不等，依个人经验而定。
He either resigned or was sacked, depending on who you talk to.
他或是辞职了，或是被辞退了，这要看你跟谁讲了。
'u2018Is he coming? 'u2019 'u2018That depends. He may not have the time. 'u2019
“他来吗？”“那要看情况。他不一定有时间。”
I don't know if we can help'u2500it all depends.
我不知道我们能不能帮上忙，一切都得看情况而定。
I might not go. It depends how tired I am.
我不一定去。这要看我累不累。
'u2018Your job sounds fun. 'u2019 'u2018It depends what you mean by 'u2018fun 'u2019. 'u2019
“你的工作听起来很有乐趣。”“这就要看你说的‘乐趣’是什么意思了。”
I shouldn't be too late. But it depends if the traffic's bad.
我应该不会太迟。不过这取决于交通是否拥挤了。
He was the sort of person you could depend on.
他这个人你是可以信赖的。
He knew he could depend upon her to deal with the situation.
他知道可以依靠她来应付这种局面。
depend upon it (= you can be sure) we won't give up.
请相信，我们决不会放弃。
Can we depend on you coming in on Sunday?
我们能指望你星期天来参加吗？
(formal)You can depend on his coming in on Sunday.
你放心，他星期天一定来参加。
(ironic)You can depend on her to be (= she always is) late.
她保准迟到。
The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival.
这个地区靠航运业维持生活。
I don't want to depend too much on my parents.
我不想过度依靠父母。
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。
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。
The cooking time needed depends on the size of the potato...
所需的烹饪时间取决于土豆的大小。
What happened later would depend on his talk with De Solina...
日后之事将有赖于他与德索利纳的谈话结果。
They may hate what he does but their survival depends on him...
他们或许讨厌他的营生，但他们要想活下来必须依靠他。
He depended on his writing for his income...
他靠写作赚取收入。
'You can depend on me,' Cross assured him.
“你可以信赖我，”克罗斯向他保证。
'But how long can you stay in the house?' 'u2013 'I don't know. It depends.'...
“但你能在这所房子里呆多久呢？”——“我不知道，这要看情况。”
It all depends on your definition of punk, doesn't it?
“这全视乎你对朋克摇滚乐的定义，不是吗？”
I tend to have a different answer, depending on the family...
根据家庭的不同，我往往会给出不同的答案。
People in the rest of the country celebrated independence even later, depending on when the news of Congress's action reached them.
该国其他地区的人们庆祝独立的时间甚至更晚，这要取决于有关国会决定的消息何时传到了他们那里。
You may depend on their support.
你可依靠他们的支持.
You may depend on his '/ him coming.
你可以相信他会来.
He could not work and so he had to depend on his family.
他不能工作,因此得依赖家里。
You may depend on their support.
你可依靠他们的支持。
The people depend on his leadership.
人民依靠他来领导。
depend on〔upon〕 sb/sth for sthWe can depend on him for help.
我们可以指望他帮忙。
She depends on her husband for money.
她在经济上依靠丈夫。
He depends on his pen for a living.
他靠写作为生。
We depend on the newspapers for daily news.
我们靠报纸得到每天的消息。
All living things depend on the sun for their growth.
万物生长靠太阳。
depend on〔upon〕 sb to-vYou can't depend on others to help you.
你不能指望别人来帮助你。
We are depending on you to finish the job.
我们指望你来完成这项工作。
depend on〔upon〕 sb/sth/v-ingJust depend on me.I'll be able to lead you there.
放心吧,我会把你带到那儿的。
You can depend on this newspaper.
你可以相信这家报纸。
I depended on the map but it was wrong.
我相信了这张地图,可它是错的。
depend upon it, he will let you down some day.
等着瞧吧,总有一天他会拆你的台。
You may depend on his coming.
你可以相信他会来。
We can depend on his arriving on time.
我们可以相信他会准时到达。
depend on〔upon〕 sb to-vYou can depend on Jim to get the job done.
你可以相信吉姆会完成那项工作的。
You may depend on me to be there early.
请你放心,我一定早点到那儿。
depend on〔upon〕 sth/wh-clauseIt depends on the weather.
那要看天气如何而定。
It all depends upon circumstances.
这全看情形而定。
The price depends on the quality.
价格得看质量而定。
That depends entirely upon your efforts.
那完全取决于你的努力。
That depends on what he will do next.
这要看他下一步干什么。
That depends on how you tackle the problem.
那取决于你如何处理这个问题。
This depends on whether the medicine is effective.
这得看这药是否有效。
The party depends on whether or not they collect enough money.
这次聚会要看他们是否能筹集到足够的钱。
You may depend on it that it won't happen again.
你要相信那样的事不会再发生了。
You may depend upon it that the newspaper accounts are exaggerated.
报纸上的报道是夸大其词的,这一点你相信好了。
From one hand depended a meagre trail of botanical specimens.
出自：R. Lehmann