Reliance is the state of needing someone or something, and leaning on them so that if they fail, you are in trouble. A town’s reliance on one factory, a patient’s reliance on a medicine, a child’s reliance on their parents — in each case, the first cannot easily stand alone.

Reliance Reliance is 是 the state of needing someone or something 需要某人或某樣東西 and leaning on them 並且倚靠他們 so that if they fail, you are in trouble 一旦他們出問題，你就會有麻煩 A town's reliance on one factory, a patient's reliance on a medicine, a child's reliance on their parents 一個城鎮依賴一間工廠、一個病人依賴一種藥、一個小孩依賴父母 in each case 每個例子裡 the first cannot easily stand alone 前者都不容易獨立存在

It is a little formal; in speech people often say we depend on or we need. We almost always say reliance on, not reliance to.

It is a little formal 這個字有點正式 in speech people often say 講話時人們常說 we depend on or we need we depend on或we need We almost always say 我們幾乎都說 reliance on reliance on not reliance to 不說reliance to

Though actually, reliance is not a warm feeling of trust. You can have reliance on a machine you do not even like.

Though actually 不過其實 reliance is not 這個字不是 a warm feeling of trust 一種溫暖的信任感 You can have reliance on a machine 你也可能依賴一台機器 you do not even like 即使你根本不喜歡它

And it is not reliability: reliability is whether the thing you lean on will hold; reliance is the leaning itself. One names the support, the other names your need for it.

And 而且 it is not reliability 這也不是reliability reliability is 那是指 whether the thing you lean on will hold 你倚靠的東西撐不撐得住 reliance is 而reliance是 the leaning itself 倚靠這個動作本身 One names the support 一個講的是支撐 the other names your need for it 另一個講的是你對它的需要