depend是什么意思（depend的用法）

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一、depend是什么意思

1、depend 依赖，依靠

2、de-, 向下，离开。-pend, 悬挂，词源同pendulum, append. 即悬挂点，引申义依靠。

二、depend的用法

1、depend

2、depend: [15] To depend on something is literally to ‘hang down’ from it. The word comes, via Old French dependre, from Latin dēpendēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘down’ and pendēre ‘hang’ (source of English pendant, pendulum, penthouse, and a host of derivatives from appendix to suspend). Its original literal sense survives in English, just, as a conscious archaism, but essentially the metaphorical extensions ‘be contingent’ (echoed in the parallel use of hang on) and ‘rely’ have taken the verb over.=> appendix, pendent, pendulum, penthouse, suspend

3、depend (v.)

4、early 15c., "to be attached to as a condition or cause," a figurative use, from Middle French dependre, literally "to hang from, hang down," from Latin dependere "to hang from, hang down; be dependent on, be derived," from de- "from, down" (see de-) + pendere "to hang, be suspended" (see pendant). Related: Depended; depending.

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