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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1734 COCA: 1857

rely

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
rely /rɪˈlaɪ/ verb
relies; relied; relying
rely
/rɪˈlaɪ/
verb
relies; relied; relying
Learner's definition of RELY

rely on/upon

[phrasal verb]
rely on/upon (someone or something)
: to need (someone or something) for support, help, etc. : to depend on (someone or something)依靠;依赖
: to trust or believe (someone or something)信赖;相信
rely on/upon (something) : to expect (something) with confidence : to be certain that (something) will happen or exist确信,肯定(某事物会发生或存在)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1734 COCA: 1857

rely

verb

re·​ly ri-ˈlī How to pronounce rely (audio)
relied; relying

intransitive verb

1
: to be dependent
the system on which we rely for water
2
: to have confidence based on experience
someone you can rely on
relier noun

Example Sentences

rigorously tested the rope before starting out, for the rock climbers would be relying on it with their very lives
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English relien to rally, from Anglo-French relier to retie, gather, rally, from Latin religare to tie out of the way, from re- + ligare to tie — more at ligature

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of rely was in 1574
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1734 COCA: 1857
rely

verb

rely on/upon sb/sth1. need sb/sth需要ADVERBheavily, a lot, strongly嚴重/非常/特別依賴⋯countries that rely heavily on food aid嚴重依賴食物援助的國家completely, entirely, exclusively, solely完全依靠⋯;單純依靠⋯I advise you to think rationally and not to rely solely on your intuition.我建議你進行理性思考,不要單純依靠直覺。increasingly越來越依靠⋯largely, mainly, mostly, primarily很大程度上/主要/大部份情況下/基本上依靠⋯traditionally傳統上依賴於⋯typically通常依賴於⋯VERB + RELY ON/UPONbe forced to, have to, must被迫/不得不/必須依靠⋯people who are forced to rely on public transport / transportation被迫使用公共交通的人tend to往往依賴於⋯PREPOSITIONfor依靠⋯來⋯They relied entirely on these few weapons for their defence.他們完全依靠這幾件武器進行防禦。2. trust sb/sth信任ADVERBsafely大可相信⋯You can safely rely on the report's conclusions.你大可相信該報告的結論。simply完全依賴Most historians simply rely on archives.大多數歷史學家完全依賴於檔案。generally通常依賴I generally rely on instinct when pairing wine and food.我通常依靠直覺來確定用什麼酒配什麼食物。VERB + RELY ON/UPONcan可以相信⋯Who can you rely on these days?如今你可以相信誰呢?You can always rely on Holly to say the wrong thing.霍莉總是說錯話,這一點兒不假。The party could no longer rely on its traditional supporters.該政黨已不能再依靠其傳統的支持者了。PREPOSITIONfor指望⋯給予⋯I couldn't rely on John for information.我不能指望約翰提供信息。

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