(1) trust in意为“相信，信仰，依赖”。
- I trusted in his ability to fulfil the task.
我相信他有能力完成本项任务。 - She trusted in me to get her out of her difficulties.
她相信我会帮她摆脱困境的。
(2) trust to意为“依靠，指靠，信赖”。
- Say what you will, I shall trust to my own judgement.
你尽管说，我会相信自己的判断。 - It doesn't do to trust to memory for this kind of things.
这样的事只靠记忆是不行的。 - I'm trusting to memory and cannot swear it is the right name.
我仅是依靠记忆，不能保证就是这个名字。
(3) trust...to (sb.), trust (sb.) with sth.意为“把……托付给(某人)”。
- You can't trust your money to a person like him/trust a person like him with your money.
你不能把你的钱托付给像他那样的人。 - He is reliable enough to be trusted with a post of responsibility.
他很靠得住，足可以把一个重要的岗位托付给他。
(4) ①depend on/upon指“依靠，信赖，指靠”。
- The country depends almost exclusively/solely on its tourist trade.
这个国家几乎完全依赖本国的旅游业。
I depend on you to help us finish the work. 我指望你来协助我们完成工作。
②depend on/upon还表示“取决于，由……决定”。
- How much a person can earn at this work depends on his skill.
在这项工作中，一个人能挣多少取决于他的技能。 - Whether it is good or not depends upon how you look at it.
是优是劣取决于你如何看它。
(5) bank on意为“依靠，指望”，与depend on可以换用。
- I'm banking on your coming to help us.
我指望着你能来帮助我们。 - We're banking on you to help us with the designing.
我们指望你帮我们设计一下。 - These brakes can't be banked on if you have to pull up suddenly.
急刹车时这些车闸就不可靠了。
(6) build on/upon可作“指望，依赖，信赖，建立在……基础上”，与trust in 接近。
- You shouldn't build too many hopes upon his helping you/his generosity/his promise.
你不能过于期望他会帮助你／他的慷慨／他的承诺。 - I'd like to come with you but that's not a promise, don't build on it.
我很想和你一起来，但这不是诺言，不要把希望寄托在这上面。 - The insurance business is built on trust.
保险业务是建立在诚信的基础之上的。
(7) calculate on/upon可作“指望，依赖”解，主要用于美式英语。可与depend on/upon, build on/upon在用作此意时互换。
- You can't calculate on the weather being fine for everything you plan, especially in summer.
你不能把你计划的每件事都指望天公作美，尤其是在夏季。 - We calculate upon a hundred people attending the meeting.
我们期望会有百人到会。
(8) count on也可表示“指望，依靠，依赖”。
- You can always count on Jim, he'll never fail you.
你可以永远信赖吉姆，他绝不会让你失望的。 - Don't count on earning 50,000 pounds a year.
你不要指望一年能赚50000英镑。 - You shouldn't count on your relatives to help you out of trouble.
你不应指望亲戚帮你摆脱困境。
(9) rely on/upon也指“依靠，指望，依赖”，在此意义上与depend on, calculate on, count on可互换。
- To play safe, you should rely on yourself.
为了稳妥起见，你应该依靠自己。 - Don't rely on going abroad for our holiday, we may not be able to afford it.
不要指望我们会出国度假，我们可能去不起。 - You can't rely on the weather being fine for everything you plan, especially in summer.
你不能把你计划的每件事都指望天公作美，尤其是在夏季。 - Don't rely on him coming in time.
不要指望他会及时来到。
(10) rest on/upon可作“取决于；依赖于；寄托于；由……来定；把……建立在……基础上”解。
- We rest our hope on you.
我们把希望寄托在你身上。 - The scientist rested/built his theory on years of research.
这位科学家的理论是建立在多年的研究基础之上。 - The success of the plan rests/depends on your cooperation.
这项计划的成功取决于你的合作。 - It's not enough to rest your argument on unsupported facts.
把论点建立在无支持的事实上是不够的。
(11) wager on本意指“下赌注”，可引申作“依赖于，指靠”解。
- You simply can't wager on the weather for what you plan to do these days. It varies from hour to hour.
最近你计划做什么事不能太依赖天气状况。现在的天就像孩儿脸，说变就变。 - I'm prepared to wager on the possibility of finding a good job soon.
我准备将希望寄托在不久可能找到一份好工作上。 - It's not safe to wager on the train arriving on schedule.
指望火车按时到达是不保险的。 - Don't wager too much on the results of the examination.
不要过分看重考试成绩。
