bank on something
1.依靠,依賴;信賴;指望;把希望建筑在...上
You can bank on him to hand you a reasonable bill for your services.
你可以相信他會(huì)給你合理的服務(wù)費(fèi).
Don't bank on your friends to help you out of trouble.
不要指望你的朋友來幫你擺脫困境.
2.發(fā)現(xiàn)…可靠
to be so sure of something that one can trust it as one might trust a bank with one's money.
I will be there on time. You can bank on it.
我會(huì)準(zhǔn)時(shí)到的,放心吧.
This brake can't be banked on if we have to pull up suddenly.
如果我們必須緊急停車,這個(gè)剎車是不可靠的.