| 单词 | rest on/upon something |
| 释义 | rest on/upon somethingrest on/upon something phrasal verbphr v a) formalDEPEND/IT DEPENDS to depend on something 依赖 Success in management ultimately rests on good judgment. 管理的成功最终有赖于良好的判断力。 b) formal to be based on a particular idea or set of facts 根据，以…为基础 The case against my client rests entirely on circumstantial evidence. 用于指控我的当事人的证据都是间接证据。 c) LOOK ATif your eyes rest on something, you notice it and look at it 〔目光〕落在…上 His eyes rested on a small figure in the distance. 他的目光落在远处一个小小的身影上。 Examples from the Corpus rest on/upon • Both objections rest on a yet broader objection.• White fronted geese Back at Cley, a long-tailed duck rested on Arnold's Marsh.• Some observers have drawn attention to the fact that such assumptions themselves rest on flimsy foundations.• She wears a dark print dress with a black lace collar; her large hands rest on her lap.• His hands rested on his abdomen.• It ceased abruptly and her gaze left his to wander down his body, stopping only to rest upon his nakedness.• Cursing, he repositioned himself by the hole and lowered his arm in until his shoulder was resting on the floorboards.• The planter rested on thick beige carpeting that helped deaden the bone-shaking noise of aircraft launching and recovery operations. → rest on/upon something at rest2(8) |
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