The history of the region's natural resources has been one of initial ---------- followed by ---------; as such the region has over time gone from a resource-rich to a resource-dependent economy.
A)abundance
B)depletion
C)scarcity
D)rapacious depletion
E)vain endeavor
F)one-sided reciprocity
답은 A,D인데요, 두번째 blank가 찝찝해서요!
자원에 너무 많이 의존하는 경제(resource-dependent)니까 자원을 다 써버렸다?(rapacious depletion)고 해석해야하는건가요?;;;;
혹시 resource-dependent가 다른나라의 자원에 의존한다는 뜻인가요?