rely

英 [rɪ'laɪ] 美 [rɪ'laɪ]

• vi. 依靠；信任

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 信任,信赖

   trust (especially that sth will happen or sb will do sth); have confidence in

2. vi. 依赖,依靠

   depend on; be materially supported by

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 倚赖
2. 仗恃
3. 依靠
4. 依恃
5. 放心
6. 盼望
7. 寄希望
8. 信赖
9. 依仗
10. 相信
11. 指望
12. 信任

英英释义

Verb:

1. have confidence or faith in;

   "We can trust in God"
   "Rely on your friends"
   "bank on your good education"
   "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. They have to rely on the river for their water.
   他们用水只好依靠这条河。
2. A man should rely upon his own power.
   人类应该依靠自身的力量。
3. You can't rely on his assistance.
   你不能指望他能帮助你。
4. We are relying on your decision.
   我们相信你的判断。
5. I rely on getting my money back in due time.
   我相信到期时可以收回我的钱。

经典引文

• She had relied on that friendship too much and was lost without it.

  出自： E. Taylor

• She could rely on me to do exactly as I said I would.

  出自： D. Lessing

• Mother's massive double-volumed Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, ever to be relied on.

  出自： A. Price

• They relied on him for money.

  出自： A. Tyler

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

rely on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

信赖,依赖 depend upon with confidence; look for help
rely on sb/sth
You can rely upon Jacelin.

你可以信赖杰斯林。
You can always rely on Jim, he won't fail you.

你可以永远信任吉姆,他不会让你失望的。
You can rely on me for help.

你可指望我来帮忙。
You may rely upon my early arrival.

你放心好了,我会早到的。
You may rely upon his words absolutely, for he always speaks the truth.

你可以绝对信赖他的话,因为他总是说老实话。
You can't rely on the weather.

天气是靠不住的。
You should rely on your own efforts.

你应该靠自己的努力。
I relied on the map but it was wrong.

我依靠这张地图,但它是错的。
I'd like to come with you but that's not a promise, don't rely on it.

我愿意和你一起去,但这不是允诺,别指望我一定去。
The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.

这个城镇全靠季节性的旅游业提供就业机会。
Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.

香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。
This young man cannot be relied on.

这个年轻人不可靠。
He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.

他已表明,在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
He can always be relied upon for help.

他的帮助总是靠得住的。
We know such people are not to be relied upon.

我们知道这种人是靠不住的。
This story cannot be relied upon.

这话可靠不住。 rely on (sb/sb's/sth) v-ing
Don't rely on going abroad for our holiday, we may not be able to afford it.

不要指望去国外度假,我们可能负担不起费用。
Don't rely on going to Japan.

别指望你能去日本。
We rely on his finishing the work today.

我们信赖他今天能完工。
Don't rely on me going to Japan.

别指望我去日本。 rely on〔upon〕 sb to-v
I rely upon you to finish the work on time.

我相信你会准时完成这项工作的。
They relied on us to do our best. We mustn't let them down.

他们期待我们会作出最大的努力。我们不能辜负他们的期望。
We can rely on our children to do such work.

这样的工作我们可以放心地让孩子们去做。
They cannot be relied on to offer much support or advice.

不能指望他们提供很多支持和意见。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• rely absolutely 绝对地依赖
• rely affectionately 充满深情地依赖
• rely calmly 平静地依赖
• rely chiefly 主要依靠
• rely faithfully 忠实地依赖
• rely heavily 大大地依赖
• rely humbly 恭顺地依靠
• rely mainly 主要依靠
• rely safely 放心地依靠
• rely trustfully 值得信赖地依靠

～+介词

• rely on〔upon〕 依靠,依仗
• rely on one's assistance 依靠帮助
• rely on one's own effort 依靠自己的努力
• rely on one's parents for help 依靠父母的帮助
• rely on the strength of 依靠…的力量
• rely on the weather 依赖天气

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. rely的基本意思是“依赖,依靠,信任”,指根据以往的经验而寄托给某人充分信任或期待某事不落空。
2. rely是不及物动词,后面须接介词on〔upon〕,再接名词、代词、动名词或动词不定式作宾语补足语的复合结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

rely, bank, depend, reckon, trust

• 这组词都可表示“寄托充分信任”。其区别是：
• rely一般指根据以往的经验而指望某人不会辜负希望或期待某事不落空; trust强调毫无保留地确信某人或某事在任何情况下都可靠,这种信任感不是来自经验或证据,而是凭直觉或感情,因此有可能落空; depend专指由于自身能力不足或缺乏自信心而依赖别人给予帮助或支持,同时主观认为这种依赖不会遭到拒绝; reckon指对人或物寄托主观的期待或指望,暗示怀有比depend更强的自信心; bank主要用于口语中,喻义强烈的信赖,就像充分相信银行一样。

rely on, depend on

• 这两者都表示“依靠”。其区别是：
• 1.depend on强调从这个人或这件事中很可能得到支持或帮助,而rely on强调凭以往的经验来判断是否可以相信或依赖。例如:
• The success of the meeting depends largely on whether the chairman is efficient.
• 这个会议的成功很大程度上是依靠了 主席的能力。
• They cannot be relied on to offer much support.
• 他们不指望得到更多的支持。
• 2.depend on着重指客观事实,诸如能力、财力等不得不“依靠”或“指望”; rely on常侧重从人品、感情方面“依赖”“信赖”。例如:
• My wife and children depend on me.
• 我的妻子和孩子都得依靠我。
• One can always rely on him to be polite and do the right thing.
• 人们都相信他会彬彬有礼,行事得体。

believe，trust，confide，rely

• 这些动词均含有“相信，信任”之意。
• believe普通用词，常表示一种缓和、不太肯定的口气。
• trust指绝对相信或信赖某人。
• confide侧重忠诚可靠与可信赖。
• rely指在相信的基础上可进一步依靠，着重可靠性。

depend，rely

• 这两个动词后跟on(upon)，均有“依赖、依靠”之意。
• depend侧重指因自身能力不足或缺乏自信心而依靠他人或物给予帮助或支持。
• rely通常包含着以前的经验证明对方是能依赖的意思。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的relier，意为系牢，召集，强制；最初源自古典拉丁语的religare：re （强调） + ligare （捆），意为系紧。

近反义词

【近义词】

• trust 信任
• depend on 依赖
• count on 依靠
• bank on 指望
• be sure of 确信
• be dependent on 取决于
• have faith in 相信
• be certain about 确信无疑(对 ... ...
• depend 依赖
• have confidence in 信任 ...
• confide 吐露
• count 计算
• on 在 ... 之上
• bank 银行
• swear 咒骂
• believe 相信