relianceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

rely +‎ -ance

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈlaɪəns/
• 韻: -aɪəns

名詞

reliance (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 reliances)

1. The act of relying (on または in someone または something); trust.

   Your reliance on his expertise may be misplaced.

   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     […] his days and times are past
     And my reliances on his fracted [i.e. broken] dates
     Have smit my credit:

   • 1752, Charlotte Lennox, The Female Quixote‎^[1], London: A. Millar, Volume 2, Book 9, Chapter 9, p. 288:

     How unfavourable is Chance, said Arabella fretting at the Disappointment, to Persons who have any Reliance upon it!

   • 1867, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in Biographical and Historical Sketches‎^[2], New York: Appleton, page 54:

     It was out of his power to support his son at either university; but a wealthy neighbor offered assistance; and, in reliance on promises which proved to be of very little value, Samuel was entered at Pembroke College, Oxford.

   • 1912, W. Somerset Maugham, Mrs. Dot‎^[3], London: Heinemann, act 2, page 89:

     I put infinite reliance in your tact.

   • 1962, C. S. Forester, chapter 3, in Hornblower and the Hotspur‎^[4], London: Michael, Joseph:

     Hornblower could see in a flash that he could place implicit reliance on Bush’s seamanship.

2. The condition of being reliant or dependent.

   The industry is working to phase out its reliance on fossil fuels.

   • 1933 September 25, “‘Rumbling’ & ‘Goosing’”, in Time:

     […] he contended that habitual reliance on engine power causes a pilot to lose his ability to make a forced landing “deadstick” if necessary.

   • 2016 July 20, Roger Wilkins, “Australia’s economic wellbeing is at a standstill as rift between young and old widens”, in The Guardian:

     Poverty in Australia has declined, welfare reliance has stabilised and long-term poverty is becoming rare—but overall economic wellbeing is no longer improving […]

3. (dated) Anything on which to rely; ground of trust.

   The boat was a poor reliance.

   • 1593, Thomas Nashe, Christs Teares ouer Ierusalem‎^[5], London: Thomas Thorp, published 1613, page 69:

     Thou wert once the chiefe pillar of my posterity, and the whole reliance of my name:

   • 1656, Robertson Sanderson, Twenty Sermons‎^[6], London: Henry Seile, Sermon 14, p. 280:

     A horse is counted but a vain thing, […] to save a man. So are Chariots, and Forts, and Armies, and Navies, and all earthly reliances.

   • 1741, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII”, in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […] and and J. Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 286:

     Mr. Adams may marry as well as Mr. Williams; and both, I believe, will find God’s Providence a better Reliance, than the richest Benefice in England.

   • 1914, Stephen Leacock, chapter 5, in Adventurers of the Far North‎^[7], Toronto: Glasgow, Brook, page 123:

     Most ominous of all was the discovery of over six hundred empty cans that had held preserved meat, the main reliance of the expedition.

4. A person or thing which relies on another. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

派生語

• engendered reliance
• overreliance, over-reliance
• self-reliance

アナグラム

• careline, cerealin, cinereal