| 单词 | rely |
| 释义 | re·ly transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. obsolete intransitive verb 1. obsolete 2. obsolete 3. obsolete 4. < rely on his own wits > < can this rope be relied upon > < relied on the letter reaching you in time > : expect with confidence or certainty < dangerous to rely on higher market prices > 5. < rely on a well for all their water needs > < rely on foreign sources of rubber > Synonyms: < that unskilled copyists cannot be relied on in matters of punctuation, line structure — Van Wyck Brooks > count (on) may suggest a situation involving calculation or computation < a special sum set apart … in addition to her pin money; on that she may absolutely count — Edith Wharton > reckon (on) likewise connotes calculating or planning. In affirmative situations it is common in reference to the known or determined as of one nature or another < the king scarcely knew on what members of his cabinet he could reckon — T.B.Macaulay > bank (on), which is the least formal in this series, may carry connotations from the noun bank (meaning “financial institution”) and suggest the certainty of money in a bank. bank (on) is wide in its use in applying to persons, things, facts, and ideas, and to either their general existence as such or their utility and benefit to the speaker < today, as hitherto, we bank on war — J.H.Holmes > < you can bank on Jeeves — P.G.Wodehouse > trust may or may not suggest more complete belief or confidence in on the basis of faith rather than empirical fact < let us to Providence trust — A.H.Clough > < better not trust her instinct — George Meredith > < trusting to common sense as well as Allah — Aldous Huxley > depend (on) may suggest weakness or lack of forethought, invention, or self-sufficiency. It may apply to situations in which no alternate recourse or measure has been planned < he was always getting himself into crusades, or feuds, or love, or debt, and depended on the woman to get him out — Henry Adams > |
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