喜樂美語
  1. 1a/dɪˈpendəbəl/可靠的

    able to be trusted to do what you need or expect; someone or something you can count on.

    「dependable」形容人或東西「靠得住」——你需要的時候，對方會做到你期待的事。核心畫面可以想成：從 depend on（依靠）長出來，dependable 就是「讓人敢依靠的」。跟 reliable 很近：reliable 常講「表現穩定、結果可信」（a reliable bus / app）；dependable 多一點「關鍵時刻能指望」的感覺，常用在朋友、隊友、夥伴身上，也能形容車、收入來源。常見搭配：a dependable friend / teammate / ally、a dependable car / source of income。

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei is a dependable friend — she always shows up when you need help.

    中文翻譯美是一個可靠的朋友——她總是在你需要幫助的時候出現。

    常見搭配

    • a dependable friend / teammate / helper

      可靠的朋友／隊友／幫手

      a person you can count on to help or do their part

      Zoe is a dependable teammate and never leaves her jobs half done.

    • a dependable ally

      可靠的盟友／夥伴

      a person or group you can trust to support you

      Britain is our most dependable ally.

    • a dependable car / bike / machine

      可靠的車／腳踏車／機器

      a thing you can trust to keep working when you need it

      They bought a small but dependable car for weekend trips.

    • a dependable source of income / supply

      可靠的收入／供應來源

      money or goods you can trust will keep coming

      Farmers need a dependable supply of clean water.

    • most / more dependable

      最／更可靠的

      especially able to be counted on

      Of all the volunteers, Ren was the most dependable.

    意思相反

    unreliableundependableuntrustworthyflaky

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

depend + -able.

由 depend「依靠」加 -able「可以」組成。

Wiktionary

Picture the friend who has never once been late, or the old car that has started every winter morning for ten years. The word is not about being excellent — it is about being the same every time. That consistency is what lets other people plan around you.

可以想成：那個從來沒遲到過的朋友，或是十年來每個冬天早上都發得動的老車。這個字講的不是「表現出色」，而是「每次都一樣」。正因為穩定，別人才能把計畫建立在你身上。它和 reliable 幾乎可以互換，兩個字都在講「靠得住」。

同家族的字

more dependable most dependable

意思相反

unreliableundependableuntrustworthyflaky

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

dependableadj[dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]

  • 1

    Able, or easily able to be depended on.

    • He was a very dependable person.

dependablenoun[dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]

  • 1

    A reliable person or thing.

    • But Datsyuk’s return rejuvenated the old dependables like Rafalski, Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, who consistently outshone Malkin and Crosby.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。