depend on、rely on、rest on、 lean on、count on等的区别
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depend on、rely on、rest on、
lean on、count on、reckon on、
fall back on
这组动词短语都可表示“依赖”、“依靠”、“指望”的意思。
depend on / upon “依赖”、“依靠”、“指望”、“
取决于”。普通用
语，使用较广，指凭借或依靠某人或某物的支持和帮助才能生存或成功.
1）All living things depend on /
upon the sun for their
growth.
万物靠太阳生长。
2）Language not only depends on /
upon its culture, but in
turn structures
reality for this culture.
语言不仅依赖其文化，而且还反过来为这文化构建现实。
3）Human behavior is mostly a
product of learning, while the
behavior of an
animal depends mainly on / upon
instinct.
人类的行为通常是后天学习的产物，而动物的行为主要取决于本能。
4）We are delighted with your
products and are thinking of
placing an ord
er. The
size of our order will depend
greatlyon / upon your
price.
我们对你方的产品非常满意，正欲订购。我们定单的大小主要取决于你方的价格。
5）His impulse was to go to
her; he could depend on /
upon her pity.
他一时冲动要找她，指望得到她的怜悯。
rely on / upon
rest on / upon
这两个动词短语侧重指“相信”或“依赖”、“依靠”某人或某物。也可以表
示 “指望”。
1）The manufacturers should rely on
/ rest on the advance in
technology and the
superb quality of after-sale service
to win the customers in
the market.
生产厂家应该依靠科技进步和一流的售后服务赢得了国内外众多用户的市场。
2）Charities rely on / rest on
voluntary donations or
contributions.
慈善事业依靠自愿捐赠。
3）You can rely on / rest
on me to keey your
secret.
你尽管相信我一定为你保密。
4）You can't rely on / rest
on him for assistance. He
is no so dependent as you
think.
你不能指望他来帮助你。他并不像你想象那样值得依赖。
lean on / upon
“依靠”、“依赖”，侧重指“依赖”、“依靠”某人或某物，依靠程度较大。
1）In a crisis, the manager tends
to lean much on senior
members of staff.
在处理危机时，这位经理往往依赖高级职员。
2）In evaluating applicants, some
colleges lean heavily on
iterviews.
在评估申请者时, 许多公司倾倚重面试。
3）A mother is not a person
to lean on but a person
to make leaning un-necessary.
母亲不是赖以依靠的人，而是能使依靠成为不必要的人。—— D·C·Fisher,
4）She always lean on her husband
for advice in dealing with
tough matters.
她处理难题时总是依赖她的丈夫的意见。
count on / upon
reckon on / upon
calculate on / upon
这三个动词短语侧重指“依靠”、“指望”某人或某物。语气比depend on
强，对期待的人或事愿望强烈，充满信心。
1）The team was counting on Dick
to win the match.
这个队全指望迪克取得这次竞赛的胜利。
2）Don’t count on me to help
you. You must do it on
your own.
别指望我会帮你，你必须自己独立完成这件事。
3）He is the sort of man
you can't reckon on him
in a crisis.
他是那种在紧要关头靠不住的人。
4）He is the man you can
fully reckon on; he is
always ready to help others
and
never fails to keep to his
promise.
他是你可以完全指望的人，他总是乐于帮助他人，从不食言。
5）I am reckoning on you to
support me in thies
matter.
我正指望你在这件事情上支持我。
6）You shouldn ' t reckon on
Jim ; he is ready enough
with his promises , but
often fails to carry them
out.
你不应当指靠吉姆；他总是满口许愿，但常常不予履行。
7）We calculate on having fine
weather for the sports meeting
next week.
我们指望下个星期开运动会时天气晴朗。
8）Don't calculate on going abroad
this summer,since we may not
have enough
money.
我们没有足够的钱，别指望着今年夏天能出国。
fall back on “转而依靠”，指必要时可依靠已积累或贮存的东西，或指依
靠可备用的东西。
1）A fixed amount of money should
be reserved so that we
can fall back on it
in
case of emergence.
应该留出一定固定数量的钱，这样万一出现急用我们就可以依靠这钱笔。
2）It ' s always useful to
have something to fall back
on.
有点依靠的东西总是有用的。
3）She is obliged to fall back
on her own resources and
habits for everything
connected with the future.
未来的一切她都必须依靠自己的智慧和平素的修养来解决。
4）If the new method does not
work, we’ll have to fall
back on the old one.
如果新方法不行的话，我们将不得不依靠老方法。
