中文词源
depend 依赖，依靠
de-, 向下，离开。-pend, 悬挂，词源同pendulum, append. 即悬挂点，引申义依靠。
英语词源
- depend
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depend: [15] To depend on something is literally to ‘hang down’ from it. The word comes, via Old French dependre, from Latin dēpendēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘down’ and pendēre ‘hang’ (source of English pendant, pendulum, penthouse, and a host of derivatives from appendix to suspend). Its original literal sense survives in English, just, as a conscious archaism, but essentially the metaphorical extensions ‘be contingent’ (echoed in the parallel use of hang on) and ‘rely’ have taken the verb over.
=> appendix, pendent, pendulum, penthouse, suspend - depend (v.)
- early 15c., "to be attached to as a condition or cause," a figurative use, from Middle French dependre, literally "to hang from, hang down," from Latin dependere "to hang from, hang down; be dependent on, be derived," from de- "from, down" (see de-) + pendere "to hang, be suspended" (see pendant). Related: Depended; depending.
权威例句
- 1. Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie
- 请记住，幸福不在于你是谁或者你拥有什么，而仅仅取决于你的心态！
- 2. Whether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations.
- 这样的地产是否可获得大笔收益还要视具体情形而定。
- 3. They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.
- 他们相信游客会自觉捡起垃圾。
- 4. The Oxfam shops depend on regular supplies of saleable items.
- 乐施商店靠出售一些人们定期捐赠的适销物品维持经营。
- 5. Self-discipline, willingness, enthusiasm, that's what you must depend on.
- 自律、自愿与热情，这是你所必须依仗的。
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