reliance

英 [rɪˈlaɪəns]

美 [rɪˈlaɪəns]

n.  依赖; 依靠; 信任

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BNC.6173 / COCA.6942

牛津词典

noun

• 依赖；依靠；信任
  the state of needing sb/sth in order to survive, be successful, etc.; the fact of being able to rely on sb/sth
  1. Heavy reliance on one client is risky when you are building up a business.
     创业时过分依赖某一个客户是有风险的。
  2. Such learning methods encourage too great a reliance upon the teacher.
     这样的学习方法会造成对老师的过分依赖。
  3. The study programme concentrates more on group work and places less reliance on (= depends less on) lectures.
     这个学习计划较注重小组活动而不倚重讲座。
  4. I wouldn't place too much reliance on (= trust) these figures.
     我不会太相信这些数字的。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 依赖；依靠
  A person's or thing'sreliance onsomething is the fact that they need it and often cannot live or work without it.
  1. ...the country's increasing reliance on foreign aid.
     这个国家日益依赖外国援助

英英释义

noun

• certainty based on past experience
  1. he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists
  2. he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun
  Synonym:trust
• the state of relying on something

双语例句

• The economy's recent reliance on government support has many gold investors thinking more intervention is coming.
  近年来美国经济对政府支持作用的依赖使许多黄金投资者认为，政府的更多市场干预行动即将到来。
• This book provides its readers with natural and simple techniques that educate and guide each person toward self reliance.
  此书给读者提供了天然和简易技术，教育和指导每个人朝向自我依靠。
• But eurozone membership and the reliance on dollars for commodity trades limit the process.
  但欧元区成员国身份，以及大宗商品交易依赖美元的事实，限制了这一进程。
• About 10% of Japanese teenagers are overweight. Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.
  大约10%的日本青少年超重。营养学家指出主要原因是对西式快餐越来越依赖。
• Increased reliance on automobiles means more pollution, more traffic, more use of fossil fuels.
  日益增加的对汽车的依赖就意味着更多污染、交通阻塞和更多化石燃料的使用。
• In the absence of actual data no reliance can be placed on such figures.
  在缺乏实际资料的情况下，这样的数据不可靠。
• Establishing more bilateral transactions may also reduce the build-up of dollar assets and reduce reliance on the greenback.
  建立更多的双边交易，可能也会减少美元资产的累积，并降低对美元的依赖。
• And some banks need to reduce further their reliance on short-term borrowing.
  一些银行需要进一步减少它们对短期借贷的依赖性。
• The high quality products and warm service get the reliance and praise form our customers.
  精良的产品和优质的服务深受客户的信赖和好评。
• Immature and illiquid domestic capital markets damp domestic investment and increase reliance on foreign financing.
  不成熟而且缺乏流动性的国内资本市场抑制着国内投资，增强了对国外资金的依赖。