reliance

Definitions

The noun of rely (re- back + ligāre bind): the act of leaning your weight back onto something. Reliance on X = you've tied yourself to X and lean on it.

Common Collocations

• 1.heavy reliance严重依赖
• 2.reliance on对…的依赖
• 3.reduce reliance减少依赖
• 4.place reliance on寄予信赖

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The country's heavy reliance on oil exports is risky.

• 2.

  We must reduce our reliance on imported food.