释义 |
Adjective: dependent di'pendunt- Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
"dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" - Contingent on something else
- dependant, qualified - (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
"a dependent clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" - subordinate - Held from above
- pendent, pendant - Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
"a dependent prince" - subject - Addicted to a drug
- dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out Noun: dependent di'pendunt- A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
- dependant
Derived forms: dependents See also: addicted, babelike, bloodsucking, conditional, depend, dependency, helpless, independence, independency, interdependent, leechlike, mutualist, mutually beneficial, myrmecophilous, parasitic, parasitical, reliant, subordinate, supported, symbiotic, underage, unfree Type of: receiver, recipient Antonym: independent Encyclopedia: Dependent |