这两个词是各种考试都常见考试词汇，必须掌握：
1.dependable可靠的，可信赖的。
It is dependable information. 这是可靠消息。
I find him very dependable.
我认为他很可靠.
He was a good friend, a dependable companion.
他是一个很好的朋友，一个可以信赖的伙伴。
She is a dependable companion.
她是一位可靠的伴侣。
He was dependable, straightforward, the boy next door.
他可靠、坦率，是邻家男孩那种类型。
She is loyal and totally dependable.
她很忠诚,完全值得信赖。
I need someone dependable to take over the work. 我需要可靠的人接管这项工作。
You counted on the stability of housing prices and depended on bankers to be, well, dependable.
曾经，你指望房价能稳定，这得依靠银行家，好吧，如果他们是可靠的话。
2. dependent a.依靠的，依赖的；有瘾的;受…的影响,取决于……的。
n.被扶养人：被赡养人：非独立生活的人;依靠者;从属物
高考，四六级等常考词汇
You can't be dependent on your parents all your life.
你不可能一辈子靠父母生活。
My father didn't mind whom I married, so long as I could stand on my own two feet and wasn't dependent on my husband.
只要我能够自食其力，不依附于自己的丈夫，嫁给谁我父亲倒是并不介意。
The company is dependent on government financial help.
这家公司依靠政府的财政援助。
The area is heavily dependent on tourism.
这个地区非常依赖旅游业。
Up to two million people there are dependent on food aid.
那里有多达200万人口依靠食品援助。
In his own way, he was dependent on her.
他以自己的方式依赖着她。
I resent being dependent on her.
我很讨厌自己对她的依赖。
Britain became increasingly dependent upon American technology.
英国变得越来越依赖美国的技术了。
Just 26 per cent of households are married couples with dependent children.
只有26%的家庭是有孩子要扶养的已婚夫妇。
I think that it comes down to the fact that people do feel very dependent on their automobile.
我认为归根结底就是人们的确十分依赖汽车。
The treatment of infertility is largely dependent on the ability of couples to pay.
对不孕不育的治疗很大程度上视乎夫妇的经济能力。
She is dependent on the earnings of her children. 她靠子女的工资收入生活。
Success is dependent on hard work. 成功取决于勤奋。
The festival is heavily dependent on sponsorship for its success.
这次节日庆祝活动成功与否，在很大程度上就看赞助了。
A child's development is dependent on many factors.
孩子的成长受多种因素影响。
The price is dependent on how many extras you choose.
价格取决于你挑选额外收费项目的多少。
The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction.
当地经济过于依赖石油和天然气的开采。
The results you get from weight training are largely dependent upon how you use those weights and what type of exercise programme you follow.
举重训练的效果在很大程度上取决于如何使用那些举重器械以及遵照何种锻炼方案。
Political selection is more dependent on sophistry and less on economic literacy.
政治选举更多地取决于诡辩的能力，而不在于是否懂经济。
The talks were dependent on a renunciation of terrorism.
会谈以放弃恐怖主义为前提。
Even Africa and the Middle East, home to economies that are heavily dependent on fossil fuel exports, have enormous potential to develop renewables.
即使是严重依赖化石燃杜出口的经济体，如非洲和中东，也有巨大的潜力开发可再生能源。
六级真题- 2017年 6月
Despite being the continent's second-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is dependent on$ 1 billion worth of tomato-paste imports every year, as around 75% of the local harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper storage facilities.
尽管作为非洲大陆第二大西红柿生产国，尼日利亚却依赖每年价值10亿美元的进口西红柿酱，由于缺乏合适的储存设施导致大约75%的当地产西红柿都被白白浪费掉。
六级真题- 2017年 12月
In a world where people are increasingly dependent on their phones, though, such strategies often fail.
然而，在现实世界，人们对手机愈发依赖，老师的这些策略往往以失败告终。
六级真题- 2018年 12月