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    /dɪˈpend/

    If one thing depends on another, it is decided or affected by it, or it needs it in order to happen or succeed.

    取決於／依靠

    過去式 depended過去分詞 depended-ing depending三單 depends

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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You can picture depend as one thing hanging from another. Move the upper thing and the lower one swings with it; take it away and the lower one falls. So It depends on the weather says the whole matter is hanging off that one line — whatever the weather does, this does too. It works the same with people: to depend on someone is to hang part of yourself on them. English almost always adds on or upon, because that point of attachment has to be named.

depend 可以想成「A 掛在 B 上面」：B 動一下，A 就跟著動；B 撤掉，A 就掉下來。所以說 It dep…更多收起depend 可以想成「A 掛在 B 上面」：B 動一下，A 就跟著動；B 撤掉，A 就掉下來。所以說 It depends on the weather，等於說這件事的重量全掛在天氣那一條線上，天氣怎麼變，它就怎麼變。用在人身上也是同一個畫面——你依靠某個人，就是把自己的一部分掛在他身上。英文幾乎一定接 on／upon，因為那個「掛在……上面」的接觸點必須說出來。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

dependverb/dɪˈpɛnd/

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    To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

    • We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow.
    • Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy. The way I see it, gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse
  • 2

    To trust; to have confidence; to rely.

    • we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends
    • we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time.
  • 3

    literarygovernmentheraldryhobbiesTo 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.

    • 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.
    • In the centre is an Imperial Crown, from which depend a Harp of gold and the Badge.
  • 4

    archaicTo be pending; to be undetermined or undecided.

    • a cause depending in court
    • While the Bishops Affair was depending, the King sent orders [...]
  • 5

    To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity.

    • There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。