reliant
adjective
uk/rɪˈlaɪ.ənt/us/rɪˈlaɪ.ənt/C2
needingaparticularthing orpersoninordertocontinue, toworkcorrectly, or tosucceed:
依赖的,依靠的He'scompletelyreliantonhiswheelchairto get about.他完全依靠轮椅出行。
Theprojectisheavilyreliant onvolunteers.该项目几乎完全依赖于志愿者。
See also
self-reliantapproving
See
reliance
- Theindustryhasbecomemore reliant ontechnology.
- She iscompletelyreliant on herparents.
- Thecountryisincreasinglyreliant onimports.
Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon itidiom
- accept/takesomethingon faithidiom
- bank
- bank onsomeone/something
- believe
- believe insomething
- count
- distrustful
- faith
- have faith!idiom
- I wouldn't trustsomeoneas far as I could throwthemidiom
- keep faith withsomething/someoneidiom
- lean
- non-confidence
- not trustsomeonean/one inchidiom
- put/placeyourfaith insomething/someoneidiom
- reliance
- rely on/uponsomeone/something
- untrustworthiness
- untrustworthy