凭依 [
píng yī]
base oneself on
rely on
have sth. to go by
- 在当时,这种统一似乎除去一些非常可疑的比喻修辞之外毫无凭依。
At times, this synthesis seemed to stem from nothing more than some very slippery metaphors. - 灵命幼稚的信徒,不当单独凭依这样的直觉来行事,最好还须等待环境的证实。
It is not wise in the earlier stages of Christian life to depend on this alone, but to wait for the corroboration of circumstances. - 事实上,穹顶建筑是被设计为无所凭依的,这意味着,作为一种工业统驭全球的象征,它是可以被栽到任何地方的,无论是北极还是赤道之上。
Indeed, the dome was designed by its maker to be placeless, meant to be plunked down anywhere from the Arctic to the tropics as an assertion of the global industrial dominance.