Interdependence is the situation in which people, groups, or things need each other. One side cannot stand completely alone; if you pull one piece away, the others feel it.

Interdependence指的是 is the situation in which people, groups, or things need each other人、團體、或事物彼此需要的情況。One side任何一方 cannot stand completely alone都無法完全獨立; if you pull one piece away如果抽走其中一塊, the others feel it其他部分就會受影響。

Countries that buy food and parts from one another, workplaces where one team’s output is another team’s input, and plants and insects that keep each other going all show interdependence.

Countries that buy food and parts from one another彼此買賣糧食和零件的國家, workplaces where one team's output is another team's input一個團隊的產出是另一個團隊投入的職場, and plants and insects that keep each other going互相支撐彼此生存的植物和昆蟲, all show interdependence都展現了interdependence（互賴）。

This is the noun: it names the situation itself. It is more formal than “we need each other,” and you will meet it in school texts about society, the environment, and the world economy.

This這 is the noun是名詞: it names the situation itself指的就是那個情況本身。It它 is more formal than 「we need each other」比「we need each other」正式, and you will meet it in school texts about society, the environment, and the world economy你會在講社會、環境、世界經濟的課本裡遇到它。

Though actually, it sits near independence but points the other way. A person can still be independent in some choices and live inside interdependence in others — the two ideas are not a simple on/off switch.

Though actually不過, it它 sits near independence跟independence很接近 but points the other way卻方向相反。A person一個人 can still be independent in some choices在某些選擇上還是可以是獨立的 and live inside interdependence in others在其他地方卻活在互賴之中 — the two ideas are not a simple on/off switch這兩個概念不是簡單的開關二選一。