2019-08-03 reliant

英英释义：dependent on someone or something 

前面经常搭配 heavily 和 overly 这两个副词，后面接 on 或 upon。

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

2. Because Shanxi 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. 

3. In 2018 two-thirds of small and medium-sized [British] building firms said they could not find enough bricklayers, carpenters and joiners, in part because they had become overly reliant on importing plumbers from Poland and carpenters from Hungary.

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

5. 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. (注意 reliant 前面的 hopelessly 这个副词表示的程度和情绪) 

practice

拼多多主要依赖中小城市的用户。 

Pinduoduo is mainly reliant on the users in small and medium-sized cities.

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