depend
/dɪˈpend/verb
no obj.
1
depend on/upon
be controlled or determined by视…而定, 决定于：differences in earnings depended on a wide variety of factors.
收入差异是由许多因素决定的。
2
depend on/upon
rely on信赖, 依靠：the kind of person you could depend on.
你可以信赖的那种人。
2.1
- need or require for financial or other suppor（财政上）依赖：
a town which had depended heavily upon the wool industry.
经济上曾严重依赖羊毛产业的城市。
2.2
- be grammatically dependent on（语法上）从属。
3
- archaic or poetic/literary hang down〈古或诗/文〉垂下, 低垂：
his tongue depended from open jaws.
他的舌头从张开的嘴里垂下来。
USAGE
In informal use， it is quite common for the on to be dropped in sentences such as it all depends how you look at it （rather than it all depends on how you look at it） but in well-formed written English the on should always be retained.
短语
depending on
- according to依据, 根据：
make 8-10 burgers (depending on size)
做八到十个汉堡包（依大小而定）
with clause the article sneered or just condescended, depending on how you read it.这篇文章不是在嘲笑就是在摆架子, 就看你如何解读了。
it（或that）(all) depends
- used to express uncertainty or qualification in answering a question这要看情况而定：
How many people use each screen? It all depends.
每个屏幕有多少人使用？这要看情况。
词源
late Middle English (in sense 3); also in the sense 'wait or be in suspense'： from Old French dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- 'down' + pendere 'hang'.