① That depends. 要看情况而定。

　② It (all) depends. 要看情况而定。

　③ depend on / upon 依靠；由......而定．取决于；从属于；依赖其维持

【考例】[2004江苏]

　-- How long are you staying? -- I don't know. ____.

　A. That's OK B. Never mind

　C. It depends D. It doesn't matter

[考查目标]考查depend在交际场合的用法。

[答案与解析]C it depends 意思是"看情况。不能确

定"。

8. devote vt. 投入于；献身

　devoted 忠实的；献身......的；专用的

　devote one's time / life / energy / oneself to (doing) sth. 致力于......；献身于...... = be devoted to...致力于......；献身于......；忠实于...... After that, he devoted his entire energy to these studies. 从那以后，他全力以赴从事这些研究工作。/ He is very devoted to his wife. 他很忠实于他的妻子。

9. devote 的用法

　▲ 构词：

　① devotion n. 献身；奉献；忠诚；热心，专心

　② devoted adj. 忠诚的；挚爱的；喜欢的

　③ devotedly adv. 忠实地，一心一意地

　▲搭配：

　① devote...to 把......献给；把......专用于

　② devote oneself to 致力于，献身于；专心于

　③ be devoted to 专心于，忠于

　▲ 友情提示：各搭配中to均为介词。

【考例】[2004全国卷IV] First of all, I respected his ____ to teaching.

　A. attention B. introduction

　C. relation D. devotion

[考查目标] 本题考查 devote 派生词的词义和用法。

[答案与解析]D devote的名词形式是devotion，也应

该和介词 to 搭配。

10. force n. [U][C]力量，势力，暴力 vt. 强迫，促使，强制 He didn't use much force. 他没怎么用力。/ They refused to bow before force. 他们拒绝向暴力低头。/ They have come to know the forces of nature. 他们终于知道了大自然的力量。

　[注意]the forces 可表示"军队，兵力"。

　[拓展]

　force sb. to do sth.；force sb. into doing sth.；force sb. / sth. + 形容词 / 副词 / 介词短语 I was forced to leave. 我被迫离开。(= into leaving) / The strong man forced himself into the empty room. 那个身体强壮的男子强行进入了那个宅房间。

　[短语]

　by force 靠武力，强行 be in force 生效

　come / go into force 生效 put in / into force 使生效

　force one's way 强行前进或进入

11. hurry 的用法

　▲ 构词：

　① hurried adj. 匆忙的

② hurriedly adv. 仓促地．慌忙地