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| /dɪˈpendəns/ |
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| 1 | a situation in which you need someone or something in order to live or succeed 依靠；依赖 |
| +on our dependence on our parents 我们对父母的依靠 |
| the industry’ s dependence on coal 工业对煤炭的依赖 |
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| 2 | the fact that someone is addicted to a drug or to alcohol 瘾 |
| the problems that alcohol dependence creates within the family unit 酒精上瘾在家庭中引起的问题 |
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