rest upon

基本解釋

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to put the other somewat higher.
梯子上的橫檔從來不是用來休息的，只是為了在一只腳邁向更高處時，另一只腳可以有一個支撐。
The strength of a country does not rest upon economic development alone; it rests upon education, at least to the same extent.
一個國家的實力不只是取決于經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展；它至少在相同的程度上有賴于其教育水平。
Too much architectural layering (especially before it is needed) makes design harder because you shift the foundation the design must rest upon.
太多的架構(gòu)分層（特別是在需要之前）使得設(shè)計更為困難，因為您需要轉(zhuǎn)換設(shè)計必須依賴的基礎(chǔ)。

I believe the declaration that "all men are created equal" is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest;
And fairly soon into the conversation I demonstrated some principle that you've probably learned in your physics class having to do with an object at rest remaining at rest unless acted upon by a force.
很快，在交談中,我就展示了一些原理,可能你們在物理課上學(xué)過,要使靜止的物體保持靜止,必須有外力作用。
耶魯公開課 - 心理學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
What makes the law surprising is that if I only gave you half the law, namely every body will remain at rest if it's not acted upon by a force, you will say, "That's fine. I accept that, because here's something, you leave it there, it doesn't move.
這條定律妙就妙在,如果只看定律的前半段,即,如果物體不受外力作用,將保持靜止?fàn)顟B(tài),你肯定會覺得,"這沒什么,我能理解,因為你把一個物體放在那里,自己肯定不會動
耶魯公開課 - 基礎(chǔ)物理課程節(jié)選

However, one thing that has not changed is that the security of America continues to rest upon the strength of our nuclear deterrent.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy