| 单词 | that depends |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthat depends a. intransitive. figurative. To hang upon or from, as a result or consequence is contingently attached to its condition or cause; to be contingent on or conditioned by. Const. on, upon (formerly of, rarely from, to, in). Also absol. (elliptically) in colloquial use in that depends, i.e. on circumstances, or on some circumstance not expressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [verb (intransitive)] > be subordinate to depend1413 the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > depend depend1413 rest1530 penda1540 stay1549 to consist by1567 consist1588 suspend1608 to roll on ——1707 hinge1719 pivot1872 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) v. xiv. 108 The werk that he werketh dependeth of fortune and not of hym. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. xiv The vii. Scyences..Eche upon other do full well depende. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KKKii For in the loue of god & of our neyghbour..dependeth all the law & prophecyes. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. sig. Q.vi Yf Rulers be negligent, and loke not to smal thynges wherevpon greater do depende. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 153 Hee waited onely to receive her commands, whereon depended both his stay and departure. a1645 D. Featley in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1651) 482 Howsoever the spirituall power be more excellent and noble than the temporall, yet they both are from God, and neither dependeth of the other. 1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 2 From a right understanding of this, depends the Knowledge of many Places in both sacred and profane Writers. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. iv. 141 This is a Matter depending on the Evidence of History. 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) I. 236 Forming a resolution on his steadiness, in which depends the crisis of his fate. 1847 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 181 I may then go to Naseby for three days: but this depends. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 252 Whether the bond should be enforced or not would depend on his subsequent conduct. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 46 The psychological laws on which moral phenomena depend. 1886 J. R. Rees Pleasures of Book-worm i. 33 The value of a book be it intrinsic or adventitious..does not depend on its size. < as lemmas |
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