A person or thing that is ~ on something needs it and often cannot live or work without it.
These people are not wholly ~ on Western charity...
= dependent
ADJ: v-link ADJ on/upon n
see also self-~
A person or thing that is ~ on something needs it and often cannot live or work without it.
These people are not wholly ~ on Western charity...
= dependent
ADJ: v-link ADJ on/upon n
see also self-~
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012