depend

Whether we need more food depends on how many people turn up.

我们是否需要更多的食物，这要视到场人数而定。

Multiple genes behaved differently, depending on whether someone had eaten or not before walking.

多种基因表现不同，这取决于一个人在行走前是否吃过东西。

It will depend on what you want to get out of university, what you are good at and what you enjoy.

这取决于你想从大学里得到什么，你擅长什么以及你喜欢什么。

The community depends on the shipping industry for its survival.

这个地区靠航运业维持生活。

Over thousands of years, they began to depend less on what could be hunted or gathered from the wild, and more on animals they had raised and crops they had sown.

几千年来，他们开始减少对野外狩猎和采集的依赖，而更多地依靠自己饲养的动物和播种的庄稼。

But we must also consider the impact of the new technology on those who now depend on driving for their livelihoods.

但我们也必须考虑新技术对那些现在依靠开车谋生的人的影响。

He was the sort of person you could depend on.

他这个人你是可以信赖的。

"But how long can you stay in the house?"—"I don't know. It depends."

“但你能在这屋里待多久？” — “不知道，这要看情况而定。”

In the last five years or so, when someone says, "Should I attempt to get an MBA," the answer a lot more is: It depends.

在过去五年左右的时间里，当有人问“我是否应该尝试获得工商管理学硕士学位”时，答案更多的是：视情况而定。