dependence

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·pend·ence BrE [dɪˈpendəns] NAmE [dɪˈpendəns] noun uncountable
1. ~ (on/upon sb/sth) the state of needing the help and support of sb/sth in order to survive or be successful
•his dependence on his parents
•Our relationship was based on mutual dependence.
•the dependence of Europe on imported foods
•financial/economic dependence
Opp: ↑independence
2. (also de·pend·ency)the state of being ↑addicted to sth (= unable to stop taking or using it)
•drug/alcohol dependence
3. ~ of A and B (technical)the fact of one thing being affected by another
•the close dependence of soil and landforms
See also: ↑dependency

Word Origin:
[dependence] late Middle English (in the sense ‘hanging down or something that hangs down’): from Old French dependance, from the verb dependre, from Latin dependere, from de- ‘down’ + pendere ‘hang’.

Example Bank:
•The government wants to reduce industry's dependence on coal.
•Their relationship is based on a strong mutual dependence.
•a heavy dependence on imported materials
•dependence on alcohol
•her economic dependence on her husband
•his total dependence on his family

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation