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(lái)不是用來(lái)休息的，只是為了在一只腳邁向更高處時(shí)，另一只腳可以有一個(gè)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(gè)國(guó)家的實(shí)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(lài)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(jì)更為困難，因?yàn)槟枰D(zhuǎn)換設(shè)計(jì)必須依賴(lài)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?cè)谖锢碚n上學(xué)過(guò),要使靜止的物體保持靜止,必須有外力作用。
耶魯公開(kāi)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(huì)覺(jué)得,"這沒(méi)什么,我能理解,因?yàn)槟惆岩粋€(gè)物體放在那里,自己肯定不會(huì)動(dòng)
耶魯公開(kāi)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