rely
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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 Corpus
rely• 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
rely
re‧ly S3 W2 AC /rɪˈlaɪ/
verb (past tense and past participle relied, present participle relying, third person singular relies)
rely on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb
1. to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do ⇨ reliable, reliance:
I knew I could rely on David.
rely on somebody/something to do something
Many working women rely on relatives to help take care of their children.
rely on/upon somebody/something for
Many people now rely on the Internet for news.
2. to depend on something in order to continue to live or exist:
For its income, the company relies heavily on only a few contracts.
rely on/upon somebody/something for
They have to rely on the river for their water.
re‧ly S3 W2 AC /rɪˈlaɪ/
verb (past tense and past participle relied, present participle relying, third person singular relies) Word Family: noun: reliability, reliance; adjective: reliable ≠ unreliable, reliant; verb: rely; adverb: reliably
Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: relier, from Latin religare 'to tie back'
Language: Old French
Origin: relier, from Latin religare 'to tie back'
rely on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb
1. to trust or depend on someone or something to do what you need or expect them to do ⇨ reliable, reliance:
rely on somebody/something to do something
rely on/upon somebody/something for
2. to depend on something in order to continue to live or exist:
rely on/upon somebody/something for
trust to believe that sb is good, honest, sincere, etc. and that they will do what you expect of them or do the right thing; to believe that sth is true or correct 指相信、信任、信赖 ：◆ You can trust me not to tell anyone. 你可以相信我不会跟任何人讲。 ◆ Don't trust what you read in the newspapers! 别相信你在报纸上读到的！ depend on/upon sb/sth (often used with can/cannot/could/could not ) to trust sb/sth to do what you expect or want, to do the right thing, or to be true or correct（常与 can/cannot/could/could not 连用）指相信、信赖、指望 ：◆ He was the sort of person you could depend on. 他是你可以信赖的人。 ◆ Can you depend on her version of what happened? 你相信她对所发生事情的描述吗？ rely on/upon sb/sth (used especially with can/cannot/could/could not andshould/should not ) to trust sb/sth to do what you expect or want, or to be honest, correct or good enough（尤与 can/cannot/could/could not 和 should/should not 连用）指信任、信赖 ：◆ Can I rely on you to keep this secret? 我能相信你会保守这个秘密吗？ ◆ You can't rely on any figures you get from them. 你不能相信从他们那儿得到的任何数据。
trust, depend or rely on/upon sb/sth? 用 trust、depend 还是 rely on/upon sb/sth？
count on sb/sth (often used with can/cannot/could/could not ) to be sure that sb will do what you need them to do, or that sth will happen as you want it to happen（常与 can/cannot/could/could not 连用）指可信赖、依靠、指望（某人做某事）、确信（某事会发生） ：◆ I'm counting on you to help me. 我就靠你帮我啦。 ◆ We can't count on the good weather lasting. 我们不能指望这样好的天气会持久。 believe in sb to feel that you can trust sb and/or that they will be successful 指信赖、信任、相信某人会成功 ：◆ They need a leader they can believe in. 他们需要一个可以信赖的领导。
Patterns
to trust/depend on/rely on/count on sb/sth to do sth to trust/believe in sb/sthto trust/rely on sb's advice/judgement to depend on/rely on/count on sb's support to completely trust/depend on/rely on/believe in sb/sth