🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

依赖

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yī lài

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dependence/dɪˈpɛn.dəns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"现代社会对电子产品的依赖很深。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.

    "The country's economic dependence on foreign oil has decreased in recent years."
  2. 2

    Addiction to or habitual reliance on a drug, substance, or behavior.

    "Long-term use of the medication can lead to physical dependence."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin dependentia, originating from the verb dependere (to hang down from, be contingent upon). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 15th century, evolving from a literal physical hanging to abstract reliance or subordination.

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