believe, trust, confide, rely

depend, rely

動詞 rely:

1. have confidence or faith in
   同義詞：trust, swear, bank

1. They have to rely on the river for their water.
   他們用水只好依靠這條河。
2. I think I can come, but don't rely on it.
   我想我能來，但還說不定。
3. We are relying on your decision.
   我們相信你的判斷。

re.ly

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
re.lied,re.ly.ing,re.lies
To be dependent for support, help, or supply:
依靠：依賴于支撐、幫助或供應(yīng)：
例句：
relies on her parents for tuition.
她的學(xué)費依賴于父母

To place or have faith or confidence:
指望：以對…有信心或信仰：
例句：
relied on them to tell him the truth.
他指望他們來告訴他真相

來源：
Middle English relien [to rally]
中古英語 relien [重振旗鼓]
from Old French relier
源自 古法語 relier
from Latin relig3re [to bind fast]
源自 拉丁語 relig3re [緊緊地綁住]
re- [re-]
re- [前綴，表.后退，回應(yīng).]
lig3re [to bind] * see leig-
lig3re [捆綁] *參見 leig-

【引伸】
reli.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>rely,trust,depend,reckonThese verbs share the meaning .to place or have faith or confidence in someone or something..
這些動詞都有.對某人或某物有信仰或信心.的意思。
Rely implies complete confidence:
Rely 意味著完全的信心：
例句：
.You are the only woman I can rely on to be interested in her. (John Galsworthy).
.你是我唯一指望對她有興趣的女人. （約翰·加爾斯沃塞）。

Trust stresses confidence arising from belief that is often based on inconclusive evidence:
Trust 常強調(diào)基于沒有說服力的證據(jù)的信仰產(chǎn)生的信心：
例句：
.We must try to trust one another. Stay and cooperate. (Jomo Kenyatta).
.我們必須試圖相互信任。留下來并且相互合作. （約莫·肯亞塔）。

例句：
.I don`t think I could trust myself to speak to him about it. (Booth Tarkington).
.我認為我不能對他談?wù)撨@件事. （布施·塔金頓）。

例句：
Prepare yourself thoroughly for the performance;then trust in your talent to carry you through.
為演出作好充分的準(zhǔn)備；然后相信自己的才華能克服一切困難。

Depend implies confidence in the help or support of another:
Depend 意味著對另一個人的幫助或支持有信心：
例句：
Synthetic fuels should be developed;
應(yīng)該發(fā)展合成燃料；

例句：
it is foolhardy to depend on Middle Eastern countries for our oil supplies.
把我們的石油供應(yīng)都依賴于中東國家是魯莽的。

Reckon implies a sense of confident expectancy:
Reckon 指有自信的期望：
例句：
.He reckons on finding a woman as big a fool as himself. (George Meredith).
.他期望發(fā)現(xiàn)一個和他一樣傻的女人. （喬治·梅雷蒂斯）