depository

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depository 指用于安全储存物品的场所或机构,如仓库、保管库,也可指受托保管物品的个人或实体。

用法要点

介词搭配

depository 常与介词 of 连用,表示储存的内容,如 a depository of books;也可用 as 表示作为某种储存地,如 serve as a depository。

• a depository of ancient artifacts
• act as a depository for confidential documents

语域说明

depository 在正式语境中更常见,如法律、金融或学术领域,指代仓库、保管机构或受托人;日常口语中较少使用,可用 warehouse 或 storage 替代。

• financial depository institution
• legal depository for wills

句型结构

常用作主语或宾语,描述储存功能,如 The bank is a depository for valuables;也可用被动语态强调物品被储存,如 Gold is held in a depository。

• The library serves as a depository for rare manuscripts.
• Funds are kept in a secure depository.

基础例句

We keep our family heirlooms in a safe depository at the bank.

我们把家族传家宝存放在银行的保险库里。

The old barn served as a depository for tools and equipment.

那个旧谷仓被用作工具和设备的储藏室。

She works as a depository for important documents in the office.

她在办公室负责保管重要文件。

高级例句

The central bank acts as a depository for government securities and foreign reserves.

中央银行充当政府证券和外汇储备的保管机构。

In legal contexts, a depository is often appointed to hold assets in trust for beneficiaries.

在法律情境中,常指定受托人代表受益人托管资产。

The university library serves as a depository for rare manuscripts and archival materials.

大学图书馆作为珍稀手稿和档案资料的保管库。

Financial regulations require that customer funds be held in a segregated depository account.

金融法规要求客户资金必须存放在独立的保管账户中。

高频搭配

verb

serve as a depositoryact as a depositoryestablish a depositorymaintain a depositoryuse as a depository

adjective

secure depositorycentral depositoryfinancial depositorylegal depositoryofficial depositoryunderground depository

noun

bank depositorydata depositoryart depositorydocument depositorygold depositorynuclear waste depository

preposition

depository ofdepository forin a depositoryas a depository

phrase

depository institutiondepository librarydepository receiptdepository agreementdepository system

常见错误

❌ 错误:I put my books in the depository room.
✓ 正确:I put my books in the storage room.

depository 通常指正式或专门的储存场所,如银行或机构仓库;日常储存一般用 storage 或 warehouse,避免过度正式化。

❌ 错误:He is a depository of knowledge.
✓ 正确:He is a repository of knowledge.

depository 多指物理储存地或受托人,而 repository 更常用于比喻知识、信息的储存,此处应用 repository 以符合习惯用法。

近义词辨析

repository

repository 强调储存和检索功能,常用于知识、数据或物品的集合,比 depository 更通用,可指物理或抽象储存;depository 更正式,特指安全保管场所或受托人。

The museum is a repository of cultural artifacts (强调收藏和展示),while the bank vault is a depository for valuables (强调安全保管)。

warehouse

warehouse 主要指大型商业仓库,用于储存和分销货物,侧重物流和空间;depository 更强调安全、保管功能,常用于金融、法律或贵重物品储存。

Goods are stored in a warehouse before shipment (商业储存),but gold bars are kept in a bank depository (安全保管)。