英和和英

読み方 たよる

他動詞

To rely on （one）; to depend on （one）; to lean on （one）; to trust to （one's honesty）; to resort to （some means）; to have recourse to （some means）; to look to （one） for assistance

用例

• 君は人に頼り過ぎる
  You depend too much on others.

• 人に頼るものでない
  You should not depend on others
  You should rely on yourself.
• 彼は息子に頼っている
  He leans on his son.
• （彼は両親に死に別れて）頼る人が無い
  He has no one to depend upon
  He is thrown upon the world.
• 君を頼ってきた
  I look to you for assistance.
• 君を借いて頼る人は無い
  I have no one but you to look to for assistance
  You are the only friend to whom I can look for assistance.
• たった一人の知人を頼って上京した
  I came to town, looking to an only friend for assistance.
• 頼りし人は東京を去りしと聞く悲しさ
  I found, to my disappointment, that the man to whom I looked for assistance had left Tokyo.
• 便りにならぬものに頼る（痩腕に頼る）
  to trust to a broken reed―lean on a broken reed
• 頼るもの
  one's resort―one's resource―one's strength―one's hope―one's staff―one's prop and stay
• 英国の頼るところは海軍のみ
  The navy is England's only resort―only resource.
• 彼は杖とも柱とも頼る息子に死なれた
  He lost a son who was his only prop and stay.
• 一家の柱と頼る人が死んだ
  The main prop and stay of the family is dead.
• 我らの頼るものは神よりほかに無い
  God is our only strength―our only hope.
• 老後に頼るものは息子よりほかに無い
  A son is the only staff of one's declining years.
• 何の頼るべき証拠も無い
  There is no reliable proof―no trustworthy evidence.