rest in: transitive verb ① [rest sth in sb/sth] (place in) 将…寄托在…上 jiāng… jìtuō zài… shang ‹hopes›② [rest in sth] (lie in) «key, strength» 在于 zàiyú ‹change›▸ to rest in doing sth; 在于做某事 ▸ they argued that the solution rested in resurrecting the country's independence 他们主张解决办法在于恢复国家独立 |