be reliant on：依靠；离不开
2. In the long run， they saw that the boll weevil had， in fact， done them a favor by destroying their crops.
in the long run：从长远看；终究
第51章 必须赶紧推开石头
Roll Away the Stone
？珀尔·巴克 / Pearl Buck
I enjoy life because I am endlessly interested in people and their growth. My interest leads me continually to widen my knowledge of people， and this in turn compels me to believe that the normal human heart is born good. That is， it is born sensitive and feeling， eager to be approved and to approve， hungry for simple happiness and the chance to live. It neither wishes to be killed nor to kill. If through circumstances it is overcome by evil， it never becomes entirely evil. There remain in it elements of good， however recessive， which continue to hold the possibility of restoration.