喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/dɪˈpendəbəl/可靠的

    able to be trusted to do what you need or expect; someone or something you can count on.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei is a dependable friend — she always shows up when you need help.

    逐字美是一個可靠的朋友——她總是在你需要幫助的時候出現。

    「dependable」形容人或東西「靠得住」——你需要的時候，對方會做到你期待的事。核心畫面可以想成：從 depend on（依靠）長出來，dependable 就是「讓人敢依靠的」。跟 reliable 很近：reliable 常講「表現穩定、結果可信」（a reliable bus / app）；dependable 多一點「關鍵時刻能指望」的感覺，常用在朋友、隊友、夥伴身上，也能形容車、收入來源。常見搭配：a dependable friend / teammate / ally、a dependable car / source of income。

    常見搭配

    • a dependable friend / teammate / helper

      可靠的朋友／隊友／幫手

      a person you can count on to help or do their part

      Zoe is a dependable teammate and never leaves her jobs half done.

    • a dependable ally

      可靠的盟友／夥伴

      a person or group you can trust to support you

      Britain is our most dependable ally.

    • a dependable car / bike / machine

      可靠的車／腳踏車／機器

      a thing you can trust to keep working when you need it

      They bought a small but dependable car for weekend trips.

    • a dependable source of income / supply

      可靠的收入／供應來源

      money or goods you can trust will keep coming

      Farmers need a dependable supply of clean water.

    • most / more dependable

      最／更可靠的

      especially able to be counted on

      Of all the volunteers, Ren was the most dependable.

    意思相反

    unreliableundependableuntrustworthyflaky

core核心畫面

Picture the friend who has never once been late, or the old car that has started every winter morning for ten years. The word is not about being excellent — it is about being the same every time. That consistency is what lets other people plan around you.

可以想成：那個從來沒遲到過的朋友，或是十年來每個冬天早上都發得動的老車。這個字講的不是「表現出色」，而是「每次都一樣」。正因為穩定，別人才能把計畫建立在你身上。它和 reliable 幾乎可以互換，兩個字都在講「靠得住」。

同家族的字

比較級 more dependable最高級 most dependable

意思相反

unreliableundependableuntrustworthyflaky

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

dependableadj[dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]

  • 1

    Able, or easily able to be depended on.

    • He was a very dependable person.

dependablenoun[dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ]

  • 1

    A reliable person or thing.

    • But Datsyuk’s return rejuvenated the old dependables like Rafalski, Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, who consistently outshone Malkin and Crosby.

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