1. Reliable -- 核心含义：强调稳定性和可预测性，指长期表现一致、不易出错 -- 适用对象：机械/系统/信息/人等 -- 例句：The news comes from a reliable source.（消息来源可靠） -- 中文对应：可靠的/可信赖的（侧重客观稳定性）
2. Dependable -- 核心含义：强调在需要时必定可用，具有"可依靠"的拟人化特质 -- 适用对象：人员/工具/方法等 -- 例句：She's the most dependable colleague in emergencies. ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)500
【Reliable】 , 【dependable】 , 【trustworthy】 , 【trusty】 , 【tried】 can be applied to persons, their utterances, views, methods, or instruments to mean having or manifesting qualities which merit confidence or trust.
【Reliable】 describes what one can count upon not to fail in doing what is expected or to give or tell the exact truth.
【Dependable】 is very close to 【reliable】 ; it may suggest steadiness or trustworthiness in time of need or in an emergency.
【Dependable】 is also used merely as a descriptive term implying a character that is predictable or that is the antithesis of what is fickle or capricious.
A person or occasionally a thing is 【trustworthy】 that merits or has earned one's complete confidence in his or its soundness, integrity, veracity, discretion, or reliability.
【Trusty】 applies to a person or thing that has been found by experience to be 【reliable】 and 【trustworthy】 or that has been found never to have failed one in need or in an emergency or that has been found 【dependable】 whenever needed.
【Tried】 also stresses proved reliability, dependability, trustworthiness, or trustiness.
