| 单词 | reliance |
| 释义 | reliance (once / 847 pages) n The word reliance is the noun form of the verb rely, which means to depend. Your reliance on the Internet for your information will be your undoing, if the power ever goes out. A person's reliance on something is their dependence on it. A mime's reliance on silence is the key to his performance: if he speaks, he'll be ruined. Your reliance on the kindness of strangers makes sense when you consider that you'll never run out of strangers upon whom to rely. Too bad you can't just lean on the folks that you know. WORD FAMILYreliance: reliances, self-reliance+/reliable: reliability, reliableness, reliably, unreliable/reliant: reliantly, self-reliant/rely: reliable, reliance, reliant, relied, relies, relying/unreliability: unreliabilities/unreliable: unreliability, unreliableness, unreliably USAGE EXAMPLESBut they should also leverage the opportunity to ask higher-level questions about the state’s long reliance on the managed-care model for medical assistance. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) And, in the nineties, Nike faced a boycott over its reliance on sweatshop labor. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) He rejects even the customary reliance on an eventful plot. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the state of relying on something Hyper dependance, dependence, dependency the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else 2n certainty based on past experience he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists Syn|Hyper trust certainty the state of being certain |
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