记忆方法
将“depend”分解为“de”和“pend”。想象自己（me）正向一个挂钟（pendulum）pend，即“悬挂”，象征着依赖或取决于这个时钟的规律，即“依赖”的意思。这种方法通过视觉联想帮助记忆单词的含义。
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词族 · depend
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
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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。
词语辨析
【rely, depend】
这组词都有“依赖、依靠”的意思，其区别是：
rely: 通常包含着以前的经验证明对方是能依赖的意思。
depend: 侧重指因自身能力不足或缺乏自信心而依靠他人或物给予帮助或支持。
这组词都有“依赖、依靠”的意思，其区别是：
rely: 通常包含着以前的经验证明对方是能依赖的意思。
depend: 侧重指因自身能力不足或缺乏自信心而依靠他人或物给予帮助或支持。