每日一词 212 reliant

reliant: depend on sb or sth

reliant: adj 依赖的，= dependent. 用法：heavily/ overly reliant on/upon

用法：Despite constant conflicts between China and the US, the two countries are heavily reliant on each other.

Because is overly reliant upon its coal resources, its economy suffers when demand declines drastically. The Middle East is famously reliant on its oil, but in the past couple of decades, it has tried to diversify its economy.

《经济学人》用例：

1） In 2018 tow-thirds of small and medium-sized building firms said they could not find enough bricklayers, carpenters and joiners, in part because they had become overly reliant on importing plumber from Poland and carpenters from Hungary. 

2) Proposition 13, which caps the rate at which property taxes can rise, is why the state so heavily reliant on personal-income tax. 

3) Meanwhile, unlike the former coal-mining areas, which were hopelessly reliant on a single industry, Redcar has long had a more diversified economy, making it easier for ex-steelers to find work than it was for jobless miners a generation ago. 

翻译：

1） 拼多多主要依赖中小城市的用户

Pinduoduo, a Chinese e-commerce startup, is heavily reliant on users in small and medium-sized cities. 

2)  造句：这个项目依赖海外投资

This project is heavily reliant on foreign investments.