rely

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re·ly /rɪˈlaɪ/ S3 W2 AWL verb (relied, relying, relies)

1 rely on/upon somebody/something phrasal verbphr v

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。

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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.

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They have to rely on the river for their water.

他们用水只能依靠这条河。

Examples from the Corpus

rely on/upon • Schools are increasingly relying on money from parents to provide decent stocks of books, government inspectors report today.• Fortunately there is no need to rely on occupation alone to assess social and economic status.• Private hospitals not owned by Bupa are reckoned to rely on patients who are insured by Bupa for half their business.• N. tribunal lacks its own police and must rely on states to arrest those it has indicted.• He must even rely upon the carpenter to make him a new a leg.• When Elvis was new to the starting job, the 49ers used him carefully, relying on the run, protecting him.• The more that companies support athletes, the less sportsmen will have to rely on the state.• The inspector general, relying upon the testimony of white citizens, recommended that the whole unit be given dishonorable discharges.

rely on somebody/something to do something• Cureton would surely do better to rely on syntax to determine rhythmic grouping at this level.• They too rely on the wind to distribute their pollen.• Some months ago, they stopped relying on human operators to do so.• They no longer rely on outside air to fill the bladder, but have special glands for manufacturing gas.• In reality this is inaudible under water so don't rely on it to give you a reminder.• Students rely on the pictures to help them understand.• We rely on professionals to solve problems, not families and communities.• Many of us rely on our children to teach us as we go along.

relies heavily• This second approach relies heavily on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.• In writing his sweeping historical overview of the region, Shoumatoff relies heavily on other published histories.• The bike also relies heavily on race-proven aerodynamics.• The Guild receives financial aid from the Council, and relies heavily on the enthusiasm and dedication of its members.• Of these, the involvement of governors in the curriculum relies heavily on the guidance and initiative of the head.• It relies heavily on the mathematical implications of quantum theory.• Fontana's treatment relies heavily on the use of Fourier transforms, is very theoretical and mentions few applications.• In doing so, he relies heavily on the work of ethno-botanist and psychedelic frontiersman Terence McKenna.

Examples 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”

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