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v.rely on; depend on
这里凭恃天险成为兵家必争之地。
This place is often the points of battles relying on natural barriers for defence.
大型公司可以凭恃威胁撤出审计市场来决定监管形态,我们对此感到不安。
We are not comfortable with a position where large firms could determine the shape of regulation by threatening to withdraw from the audit market.