| 单词 | rely |
| 释义 | Word family noun reliability reliance adjective reliable ≠ unreliable reliant verb rely adverb reliably re·ly /rɪˈlaɪ/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL verb (relied, relying, relies) 1 rely on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb a) DEPEND ON/RELY ONto trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do 信任；信赖 → reliable, reliance I knew I could rely on David. 我知道我可以信赖戴维。rely on somebody/something to do something Many working women rely on relatives to help take care of their children. 许多职业妇女都靠亲属来帮忙照看孩子。 for Many people now rely on the Internet for news. 很多人现在靠因特网来了解新闻。b) DEPEND ON/RELY ONto depend on something in order to continue to live or exist 〔为生活或生存而〕依赖5 For its income, the company relies heavily on only a few contracts.公司的收入主要依靠少数几份合同。n The company relies heavily on only a few contracts. for They have to rely on the river for their water. 他们用水只能依靠这条河。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusrely• She needn't rely any more on Rico - or her brothers, she could be entirely independent.• Instead, they would rely on decentralized, uncontrolled life to sort itself out and come to some self-enhancing harmony.• Government ministers rely on the conclusions from the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment prior to the field trials.• Don't rely on your Accounts Department to manage the cash-flow for you.• So don't rely on your memory.• If managers rely so heavily on verbal information, then that verbal information invariably arrives with an extra verbal overlay.• Woman-centred methods also tend to rely uncritically on the particular kinds of scientificity that therapeutic and humanist methods have developed.Origin rely (1300-1400) Old French relier, from Latin religare “to tie back”re·ly verbLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable trust or to something someone to Corpus do depend or on |
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