他不能工作,因此得依賴家里。
You may depend on their support.

你可依靠他們的支持。
The people depend on his leadership.

人民依靠他來領導。 depend on〔upon〕 sb/sth for sth
We can depend on him for help.

我們可以指望他幫忙。
She depends on her husband for money.

她在經濟上依靠丈夫。
He depends on his pen for a living.

他靠寫作為生。
We depend on the newspapers for daily news.

我們靠報紙得到每天的消息。
All living things depend on the sun for their growth.

萬物生長靠太陽。 depend on〔upon〕 sb to-v
You can't depend on others to help you.

你不能指望別人來幫助你。
We are depending on you to finish the job.

我們指望你來完成這項工作。 depend on〔upon〕 sb/sth/v-ing
Just depend on me.I'll be able to lead you there.

放心吧,我會把你帶到那兒的。
You can depend on this newspaper.

你可以相信這家報紙。
I depended on the map but it was wrong.

我相信了這張地圖,可它是錯的。
Depend upon it, he will let you down some day.

等著瞧吧,總有一天他會拆你的臺。
You may depend on his coming.

你可以相信他會來。
We can depend on his arriving on time.

我們可以相信他會準時到達。 depend on〔upon〕 sb to-v
You can depend on Jim to get the job done.

你可以相信吉姆會完成那項工作的。
You may depend on me to be there early.

請你放心,我一定早點到那兒。 depend on〔upon〕 sth/wh-clause
It depends on the weather.

那要看天氣如何而定。
It all depends upon circumstances.

這全看情形而定。
The price depends on the quality.

價格得看質量而定。
That depends entirely upon your efforts.

那完全取決于你的努力。
That depends on what he will do next.

這要看他下一步干什么。
That depends on how you tackle the problem.

那取決于你如何處理這個問題。
This depends on whether the medicine is effective.

這得看這藥是否有效。
The party depends on whether or not they collect enough money.

這次聚會要看他們是否能籌集到足夠的錢。

你要相信那樣的事不會再發生了。
You may depend upon it that the newspaper accounts are exaggerated.

報紙上的報道是夸大其詞的,這一點你相信好了。