depend

英 [d?'pend] 美[d?'p?nd]

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第三人稱單數:?depends;過去式:?depended;過去分詞:?depended;現在分詞:?depending;

depend 依賴，依靠

de-, 向下，離開。-pend, 懸掛，詞源同pendulum, append. 即懸掛點，引申義依靠。

depend: 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.

1. Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie: 請記住，幸福不在于你是誰或者你擁有什么，而僅僅取決于你的心態！

2. Whether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations.: 這樣的地產是否可獲得大筆收益還要視具體情形而定。

3. They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.: 他們相信游客會自覺撿起垃圾。

4. The Oxfam shops depend on regular supplies of saleable items.: 樂施商店靠出售一些人們定期捐贈的適銷物品維持經營。

5. Self-discipline, willingness, enthusiasm, that's what you must depend on.: 自律、自愿與熱情，這是你所必須依仗的。