the state of needing the help and support of somebody/something in order to survive or be successful （生存或成功必需的）依靠，依赖，依存 Our relationship was based on mutual dependence. 我们的关系建立在相互依存的基础上。 financial/economic dependence 财政／经济依赖 - dependence on/upon somebody/something
his dependence on his parents 他对父母的依赖 the dependence of Europe on imported foods 欧洲对进口食品的依赖
Extra ExamplesThe government wants to reduce industry's dependence on coal. 政府想减少工业对煤炭的依赖性。 a heavy dependence on imported materials 对进口原料的严重依赖 her economic dependence on her husband 她对丈夫的经济依赖 his total dependence on his family 他对家庭的完全依赖 Their relationship is based on a strong mutual dependence. 他们的关系建立在强烈的相互依赖的基础上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- heavy
- absolute
- …
- have
- increase
- reduce
- …
- dependence on
- dependence upon
- (also dependency)
the state of being addicted to something (= unable to stop taking or using it) 瘾 drug/alcohol dependence 毒瘾；酒瘾 dependence on alcohol 酒瘾
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- alcohol
- drug
- nicotine
- …
- dependence on
- dependence of A and B (specialist)
the fact of one thing being affected by another 相关（性）；相依（性） the close dependence of soil and landforms 土壤和地貌的密切相关
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘hanging down or something that hangs down’): from Old French dependance, from the verb dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.